(Updated) In Response to Lobbying by Refugee Activists, Arizona Senate says ‘Welcome Refugees’

***Update*** A reliable source is reporting that the news about the passage of this resolution is fake news! SB1341 is a Dem bill and never got a hearing and won’t–https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/73599 SCR 1024 is dead, dead, dead!  Another from the Dems–https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/73599 However, the information about the lobbying effort and ‘We are All America’ is not.   … Continue reading (Updated) In Response to Lobbying by Refugee Activists, Arizona Senate says ‘Welcome Refugees’

Montana Mayor Apologizes for Signing onto Appeal for 95,000 Refugees for 2020

I guess he got an earful from Montana citizens! In case you are wondering, Mayor Bob Kelly didn’t send a letter to the US State Department in response to the President’s reform effort that we have been writing about almost daily, but had earlier joined a list (apparently still growing) of elected officials across 46 … Continue reading Montana Mayor Apologizes for Signing onto Appeal for 95,000 Refugees for 2020

After Maryland Judge’s Decision, What is Next?

I don’t know.  I guess we wait for the Justice Department’s response to the decision that halted the President’s first effort to reform the US Refugee Admissions Program. Here is a brief statement from the White House immediately after learning of the decision. Another lawless district court has asserted its own preferred immigration policy in … Continue reading After Maryland Judge’s Decision, What is Next?

Knowledge is Power I: First in a Series for New Readers

Because President Trump initiated an important reform of the UN/US Refugee Admissions Program in September, here, many new readers are arriving at RRW and I’m finding it a challenge to respond to so many requests for basic information that I’ve written about for a dozen years. Starting today, I’m going to provide a tutorial of … Continue reading Knowledge is Power I: First in a Series for New Readers