Iraqis still lined up in Jordan in hopes of getting to the US, and getting a job!

This week there have been a bunch of stories in which the news hook is the tenth anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq, and although we supposedly gave them a democracy and supposedly things have calmed down in Iraq—tens of thousands are still waiting in Jordan to come to your town in hopes of … Continue reading Iraqis still lined up in Jordan in hopes of getting to the US, and getting a job!

Guterres goes to Turkey: Syrian refugees should be allowed to seek asylum in West

I’ve been mostly ignoring the clamor about the refugees flowing out of Syria because I know what it means.  Our refugee industry will be going into high gear to bring them to the West, and here Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, hints at that. I’m beginning to think these Middle East wars are … Continue reading Guterres goes to Turkey: Syrian refugees should be allowed to seek asylum in West

Food Stamp use by refugees jumped dramatically in first year of Obama Presidency

Your tax dollars! Sheesh, I just a few minutes ago told you I wouldn’t have time to look at the newly released 2009 Annual Report to Congress on the status of refugees in the US in Obama’s first year, but I couldn’t resist a look at the food stamp usage data. Ahhhhhh!  70% of refugees … Continue reading Food Stamp use by refugees jumped dramatically in first year of Obama Presidency

Samantha Power, White House Iraqi refugee czar, Soros protege’ leaving Obama Administration

Power, also the architect of Obama’s excellent adventure in Libya, was supposed to have led an intergovernmental reform of the Refugee Resettlement Program which never happened unless you consider throwing more money to the contractors a reform!  By the way, she once served as a director of the wealthiest refugee resettlement contractor (funded largely by … Continue reading Samantha Power, White House Iraqi refugee czar, Soros protege’ leaving Obama Administration

Kentucky: Iraqi refugee convicted of terrorism trying to avoid life sentence

Lawyer says the FBI took advantage of “bigoted and susceptible immigrants.” This is the latest on those Iraqi “refugees” who lied (can you believe it!) on their paperwork to get into the US and were subsequently convicted on terrorism charges in Bowling Green, the refugee chicken factory capital of Kentucky.  (We first reported on the … Continue reading Kentucky: Iraqi refugee convicted of terrorism trying to avoid life sentence