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Catholic Charities of Minnesota drops refugee program; will take care of poor and homeless already among us

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At least one of the major players in Minnesota’s refugee industry has woken up and smelled the coffee—gobs of federal money is not going to flow to the resettlement of more refugees to Minnesota, especially Somalis, in the foreseeable future. One of the first questions people ask me when they first hear about the UN/US … Continue reading Catholic Charities of Minnesota drops refugee program; will take care of poor and homeless already among us

Another month with small numbers of paying customers for the refugee contractors

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Month number seven of fiscal year 2018 ended last night, and from the contractors*** point of view, it was another dismal one for agencies collecting a per head payment for refugees they place and ‘take care of’ for only a few months. April’s total was 1,607 which is below average for the previous six months … Continue reading Another month with small numbers of paying customers for the refugee contractors

Refugee contractor: 100 refugee offices have closed

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If this is true, then nearly 1/3 of all refugee resettlement offices have closed around the country. Really? And, if this is true, why has the Refugee Processing Center (Wrapsnet) not deleted any of the contact information for those now supposedly non-existent agencies from its database, or updated their resettlement site map? What are we … Continue reading Refugee contractor: 100 refugee offices have closed

Catholics close 20 refugee offices, layoff hundreds as federal funding plummets

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“There is not a Catholic Charities program that has not been impacted in some way…picture is not a pretty one.” Jim Kuh, Director of immigration and refugee services for Catholic Charities USA   Here we go again, another whinny story about how that mean ol’ Donald Trump is hurting Catholic RELIGIOUS programs by cutting the … Continue reading Catholics close 20 refugee offices, layoff hundreds as federal funding plummets

Miliband: US refugee admissions program under Trump is managed with malevolence and competence

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When I saw this Washington Post Op-ed penned by British National David Miliband whose organization, one of nine federal refugee contractors*** (the International Rescue Committee) depends on just short of a half a billion! (see below) from the US Treasury each year, I thought it was kind of dumb to bite the hand that feeds them (and … Continue reading Miliband: US refugee admissions program under Trump is managed with malevolence and competence