They are changing America by changing the people
Here is a story from back in May which I missed at the time from Ft. Wayne, Indiana, home to more than 5000 Burmese refugees that is your usual puff-piece about how refugees are doing great in America. An engaged couple (he is Burmese and I assume she is Thai) were lucky to get to the top … Continue reading Ft Wayne, IN: World Relief keeping it in the family?
I don’t know how many of you are following the discussion on-going here at another comment worth noting.* Commenter Ellen spoke forcefully about her frustration with an overload of refugees in Ft. Wayne, IN. Then another commenter, whose name is “Reader,” responded critically with the usual flagrant attempt to silence critics by impugning Ellen’s character. After some … Continue reading Comment worth noting: Rohan Swee on the Ft. Wayne Burmese debate
Over the last couple of years we have written fairly often about Ft. Wayne, IN and its refugee overload. Here we have a commenter, Ellen, who is obviously from the Ft. Wayne area and who today expressed her strong views at this post from last summer. We first heard about problems in Ft. Wayne (believed … Continue reading Comment worth noting: Reader not pleased with Ft. Wayne Burmese refugees
We haven’t written about Ft. Wayne in awhile. Back in August I wrote about the possible arrival of another resettlement agency moving into Ft. Wayne and referred to the plans of World Relief as a ‘cat fight’ with Catholic Charities. It is really a turf fight as these federal contractors compete for refugees. Since their … Continue reading Refugees still flowing to Ft. Wayne, IN
Your tax dollars: There is really nothing new here. Ft. Wayne, IN has been struggling with a large refugee population for years and expects it to only get worse. “You’re seeing the tip of a huge iceberg. This has been going on for years,” Rep. Mark Souder, R-3rd District, said of the issues surrounding the more than … Continue reading Ft. Wayne, IN to get federal grants as refugee numbers continue to grow