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ORR to open regional offices to oversee resettlement of more diverse refugees, and to get them “services”

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They want to “advocate for services in the best interest of refugees.”   What about the taxpayers? Readers, I know it can be boring as heck to read about the minutia involved with the US Refugee Resettlement Program, but it’s important to have some knowledge of how the bureaucracy works.  I learn new things every day! … Continue reading ORR to open regional offices to oversee resettlement of more diverse refugees, and to get them “services”

Is illegal “sanctuary movement” back in operation in anticipation of amnesty?

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It sure looks like it!  And, this time it may be sanctioned by an emboldened Obama Administration and its cheerleaders in the human rights industrial complex! Last night a reader sent me this dynamite post from the ever-vigilant Debbie Schlussel entitled: EXCLUSIVE: Obama Sends ICE Agents to Southern Border to Pick Up “Youths” Awaiting Amnesty, … Continue reading Is illegal “sanctuary movement” back in operation in anticipation of amnesty?

Pittsburgh: World Refugee Day brought out the diversity, but few Americans

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Here is an article at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, it’s the kind of article that Refugee activists wanted to come out of the PR event we told you about last week—World Refugee Day, except for a little twist at the end. After introductory paragraphs about music and dancing and how refugees are opening shops (with government … Continue reading Pittsburgh: World Refugee Day brought out the diversity, but few Americans

EEEK! “Pockets of resistance” to refugee resettlement have developed; ORR hires ‘Welcoming America’ to head off more

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This is the second part of my report from the Pennsylvania Refugee Conference which I attended earlier this week in Lancaster, PA.  If you haven’t read my earlier report it might be useful to check it out and then come back here for part II. One of the many things that I found revealing about … Continue reading EEEK! “Pockets of resistance” to refugee resettlement have developed; ORR hires ‘Welcoming America’ to head off more

Pennsylvania Refugee Conference was informative on so many levels

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Update June 15th:  Pockets of resistance have developed, here is Part II of my report on Lancaster. As I mentioned a couple of times yesterday, on Tuesday I traveled to Lancaster, PA (a “welcoming” resettlement city) for the 2013 Pennsylvania Consultation, a joint meeting between the “Commonwealth’s” refugee program and its workers, the national refugee … Continue reading Pennsylvania Refugee Conference was informative on so many levels