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Bhutanese refugees kill themselves because of lack of jobs; let’s import more immigrant labor!

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We’ve reported previously on the high suicide rate in the Bhutanese population in the US, but to be honest, they killed themselves in camps at about the same high rate (or so this researcher says) as here in America. Nevertheless, this latest news on the statistic highlights the refugees’ lack of employment in the US … Continue reading Bhutanese refugees kill themselves because of lack of jobs; let’s import more immigrant labor!

Refugees “just dumped off” in Chattanooga; try to communicate with neighbors

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This must be refugee-news-story-dump day.  Just when I have other things I have to do, and thought I could get away from the computer, along comes one more story that should be posted today (hat tip to a friend from TN). From the Times Free Press: Evariste Simbananiye lives in a fully furnished apartment in … Continue reading Refugees “just dumped off” in Chattanooga; try to communicate with neighbors

Kentucky furniture manufacturer going out of business; immigrants lose jobs

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Hurry!!!  Tell Senator Rand Paul we need to bring in more foreign workers to add to the unemployed refugee workers  in Bowling Green! Longtime readers of RRW know that Bowling Green is a preferred resettlement site for refugees and has been in the news many times for problems there with the federal refugee contractors, with … Continue reading Kentucky furniture manufacturer going out of business; immigrants lose jobs

Senator Rand Paul: Did the meatpackers, hungering for cheap captive labor, get to him?

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…..or was it Grover Norquist that got to him? Oh brother, looks like we are having another invasion of the body snatchers moment.  Just when I thought there was someone speaking up for American workers besides NumbersUSA and Rush Limbaugh we learn that Paul has been snatched by big business interests.   (Imagine a conversation) Kentucky … Continue reading Senator Rand Paul: Did the meatpackers, hungering for cheap captive labor, get to him?

Bowling Green, KY: finding employment for refugees has become an industry in itself….

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Yes, thanks in large part to taxpayer-funded grants to this new entrepreneurial “business.” Your tax dollars at work! The “non-profit” organization touted in this piece is the Community Action of Southern Kentucky(CASOKY).  It’s kind of like ACORN—help the poor connect with “services,” which of course means welfare and other taxpayer funded programs, and then it … Continue reading Bowling Green, KY: finding employment for refugees has become an industry in itself….