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Ho-hum another Trump fear article reveals an interesting bit of information

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Apparently some refugee advocates blame the US State Department’s decades old secrecy about the Refugee Admissions Program (RAP) for the backlash against it! He (resettlement contractor Christopher George) places some of the blame on the State Department, which encourages resettlement programs to operate at a low profile (in secrecy!). This is from NPR (no surprise), … Continue reading Ho-hum another Trump fear article reveals an interesting bit of information

Poughkeepsie: Church World Service official spins about refugee Islamic terrorists

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We told you on October 28th that Church World Service is planning to bring refugees, mostly from Syria and the Middle East, to Poughkeepsie, NY, and the plans were kept secret from the city elected officials and the public in general until very recently. The arrival of the first Syrians is apparently only a month … Continue reading Poughkeepsie: Church World Service official spins about refugee Islamic terrorists

In Minnesota, Trump talks trade and Somalis

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As I watched the news the first thing this morning, what trend jumped out at me—in those states that are must-wins for Trump like North Carolina, Florida, Nevada, Michigan and even New Hampshire, what is the common thread?  They are states where the immigrant population is expanding greatly with refugee resettlement as one factor.  Immigrants … Continue reading In Minnesota, Trump talks trade and Somalis

One more child 'refugee' grows up and wants to kill Americans, Maryland this time

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His name is Mohamed and he came from Bangladesh as a baby.  Was he a part of a refugee family (the knife attacker in St. Cloud), a successful asylum seeker family (like the Tsarnaevs or the recent NJ bomber), or perhaps his family won the ‘diversity visa lottery’ (we have taken thousands of Bangladeshis through … Continue reading One more child 'refugee' grows up and wants to kill Americans, Maryland this time

Roundup for the week ending September 30, 2016 and for the month of September

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In a little over 5 weeks everything with the UN/US State Department Refugee Admissions Program will change. Either Donald Trump is elected and hopefully reform of the program will be launched and Congress will be more agreeable to rein-in funding, or Hillary Clinton wins the White House (further neuters Congress) and follows the lead of … Continue reading Roundup for the week ending September 30, 2016 and for the month of September