Idaho Senator Wants Special Refugee Program for Syrians and Kurds

“It is the ‘Invade the World/Invite the World’ attitude.” (A critic of the proposal echoing a common theme of the President)   The Senator’s idea is to add thousands to the President’s 2020 refugee cap for those who ‘supposedly’ helped us to defeat ISIS.  He recommends flying them here ASAP. The Senator is a Republican—Idaho … Continue reading Idaho Senator Wants Special Refugee Program for Syrians and Kurds

Twin Falls, Idaho welcomed nearly 3,000 refugees in ten years

I was very interested to see the list of top cities in the US that ‘welcome’ refugees when I  published The Tent Foundation/Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service Refugee Hiring Guide the other day. Where is Twin Falls? Today I had a chance to look at the list more carefully and I’ll be darned, I don’t … Continue reading Twin Falls, Idaho welcomed nearly 3,000 refugees in ten years

Boise, Idaho: African American man injures refugee children in violent knife attack

Update July 2nd: One of the little children has died and Kinner has been charged with murder. The allegedly unprovoked attack happened yesterday at a housing complex that is popular with resettlement agencies in Idaho. We’ll see how this strange story evolves tomorrow, but I wanted to get at least this bare bones story up … Continue reading Boise, Idaho: African American man injures refugee children in violent knife attack