Legal immigrant workers pour into Tennessee

The unemployment rate in Tennessee is at 10%, yet businesses are applying in record numbers for immigrant employees according to an investigation by NewsChannel 5: A NewsChannel 5 investigation found companies across the state are importing foreign workers at a time when the unemployment rate is near 10 percent. We spent months reviewing applications Tennessee … Continue reading Legal immigrant workers pour into Tennessee

Tennessee Catholic Charities rolling in federal dough now too!

USA Spending.gov sure is an entertaining government website for anyone interested in watching the flow of your tax dollars. Yesterday, after I wrote about Kentucky’s Catholic Charities stash of cash, I noticed that one of Tennessee’s Catholic Charities had also brought in a large pile of federal dough in 2009 for refugee programs.  Yet,  Tennessee is way … Continue reading Tennessee Catholic Charities rolling in federal dough now too!

Batches of Bhutanese refugees arriving in Tennessee

….and elsewhere in the US. We haven’t written much lately about the Bhutanese refugees who have been flowing into the US in greater numbers these days (lots of previous posts here).   I guess the kinks are being worked out and the spigot is opening wider.   The big hold-up has been the sometimes violent campaign within refugee camps in Nepal … Continue reading Batches of Bhutanese refugees arriving in Tennessee