A different kind of refugee arrives in New Hampshire

A Tea Party times ten!  That’s what you  might call this event for ‘refugees’ of big government and over regulation!    Check this out!  In a story entitled, ‘Free Staters Go Camping in New Hampshire — With Rifles, Swords and Defiance,’ we learn that  hundreds of people, feeling the time has arrived, are headed to New Hampshire … Continue reading A different kind of refugee arrives in New Hampshire

“Preferred communities” for refugee resettlement

People ask me all the time, how “THEY” decide which cities and towns will get refugees.  Well yesterday I got an announcement for a new round of grants (with lots more money) for the Office of Refugee Resettlements (ORR) “Preferred communities” program.   The ten top dog refugee resettlement agencies (volags) can vie for bigger bucks in the … Continue reading “Preferred communities” for refugee resettlement

US News and World Report: no jobs for refugees

I guess the message is finally creeping up the mainstream media ladder—news that jobs are getting impossible to find for tens of thousands of refugees the State Department brings into the US each year with the help of non-profit government contractors.   Here is yet another story about mostly Iraqis not finding work.   Regular readers may … Continue reading US News and World Report: no jobs for refugees

Church World Service bringing Iraqis to Amish country

Here is some news from Lancaster, PA.  Church World Service is bringing 50 Iraqi refugees such as the Sunni Muslim in this article to the hometown of the plain folk.  Church World Service is one of the top ten volags contracted by the US State Department to resettle refugees. Previously the Virginia Council of Churches, a … Continue reading Church World Service bringing Iraqis to Amish country