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Memory lane! CT Senator Richard Blumenthal sought to REDUCE security screening for Syrians in 2015

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Editor: This is a repost of a repost!  Since President Trump was ‘highlighting’ the storied career of Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal yesterday (so that Blumenthal today is all over the Leftwing cable news), I thought new readers might like to know more about the man. Come to think of it, I haven’t heard Blumenthal lately … Continue reading Memory lane! CT Senator Richard Blumenthal sought to REDUCE security screening for Syrians in 2015

US shuts the door on refugees, wails 'Think Progress'

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…..and it is confirmed by their go-to commenter—Mark Hetfield of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society— who says of Trump’s ceiling that it is “lower than it’s been in history.” But, what he doesn’t say is that even at 50,086 (the number this morning), that is not the lowest ADMISSIONS number in the history of the program … Continue reading US shuts the door on refugees, wails 'Think Progress'

Cambridge, Mass: No refugees for you! Neighborhood is too wealthy!

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Waahhhh!  The Harvard kids want refugees, but there isn’t any low income housing in Cambridge so the US State Department and its contractors send refugees to working class communities elsewhere in Massachusetts! Moral of the story:  Wealthy communities don’t get refugees, but working class communities do.  And, if you build low income housing, your town … Continue reading Cambridge, Mass: No refugees for you! Neighborhood is too wealthy!