Syrian refugee numbers expanding, but hard to pin down why

It is easy enough to follow the US State Department data reported at the Refugee Processing Center that keeps the numbers on resettled refugees and tells us where they have gone. (It doesn’t archive successful asylum seekers or any other legal program.) So, people are looking around and saying there sure are more than 10,000 … Continue reading Syrian refugee numbers expanding, but hard to pin down why

First African refugees arrive in Montana; Helena advocates say they will wait until after November for theirs

Update: Be sure to see the mayor of Missoula’s op-ed of a few days ago.  Not so much for what he says, but for the large numbers of comments on both sides of the issue.  Makes you realize that there is a huge divide in Montana about whether it is wise to bring in the … Continue reading First African refugees arrive in Montana; Helena advocates say they will wait until after November for theirs

Polls: Most Americans do not want Obama to bring in Syrians and distribute them around the US

Donald Trump must continue to hammer this issue—the American people do not want to pay for, or worry about their security as the Obama Administration is nearly its goal of admitting 10,000 Syrian Muslims to the US by September 30th. And, for those of you who think that will be it, it won’t be as … Continue reading Polls: Most Americans do not want Obama to bring in Syrians and distribute them around the US

Lowell, Massachusetts: Alleged sexual assault by Syrian refugee puts refugee program in the spotlight

Update August 2:  This post reached thousands more readers than usual when Michael Savage linked it on the same day he was briefly suspended from facebook for posting on Muslim refugee crimes. The US Refugee Admissions Program was created 36 years ago by Senator Ted Kennedy of Massachusetts and was signed into law by Jimmy … Continue reading Lowell, Massachusetts: Alleged sexual assault by Syrian refugee puts refugee program in the spotlight