Hot discussion in Tennessee over billboard
Earlier this week I wrote about a billboard in Shelbyville, TN designed to make people feel more kindly toward immigrants. Judging by the comments here, I think the plan is backfiring.
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Billboard guilt-trip campaign in Tennessee
Long after the citizens of Shelbyville, TN were kept in the dark about how their city had become a magnet for Somali refugees and long after the local newspaper, the Times-Gazette, ran its now nationally distributed series on the influx of refugees and how they aren’t joining the community, the Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition … Continue reading Billboard guilt-trip campaign in Tennessee
Waterbury still buzzing over refugee problems, buzz is heard in Tennessee
The Republican-American in Waterbury, CT has an update on the situation there regarding complaints by Burmese Karen refugees that they have not received decent treatment from the International Institute of CT. Yesterday we reported on a critical report from the US State Department from a year earlier. It is that document that the Republican-American reports … Continue reading Waterbury still buzzing over refugee problems, buzz is heard in Tennessee
Afghan Evacuees are Going to Kentucky etc. etc. etc….
The other day I mentioned that you could check this list of existng resettlement sites and have a good idea if your community was going to be ‘welcoming’ Afghan evacuees and Special Immigrant Visa holders that Biden flew out of Afghanistan in the last week. Of course there are caveats. First, longtime readers know that … Continue reading Afghan Evacuees are Going to Kentucky etc. etc. etc….
As They Call for Senate Hearings, Republican Governors’ Outrage is a Joke
Governors Kim Reynolds of Iowa and Bill Lee of Tennessee want the Senate to hold hearings on what they see as an outrageous affront to states’ rights as the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement is flying Unaccompanied Alien Children (refugee wannabes) in and out of their states with no communication with the governor or state … Continue reading As They Call for Senate Hearings, Republican Governors’ Outrage is a Joke