Kansas: Governor Joins List of Governors Asking for Unknown Number of Refugees

Have you taken 15 minutes to make your calls?     The list is growing ever so slowly with the most recent addition being Kansas Democrat Governor Laura Kelly.  In agreeing to take an in determinant number of refugees she has agreed that she is okay with the high cost of the care of more … Continue reading Kansas: Governor Joins List of Governors Asking for Unknown Number of Refugees

Original Refugee Act: States have a Right to Opt-in or Opt-out of Refugee Admissions Program

Editor:  Thanks to David James for another excellent analysis of the vital question about the resettlement of refugees in the US—do states have any right to say no to the placement of UN/US State Department selected refugees within their borders? James says yes, and explains that a Migration Policy Institute paper by a legal expert confirmed that … Continue reading Original Refugee Act: States have a Right to Opt-in or Opt-out of Refugee Admissions Program

Refugee Contractors Use Trump September Executive Order to Organize Nationally

And, guess what? You, who either don’t want to see any more refugees coming to America or at least want a say in who we are accepting and whether they are placed in your town, are screwed. Sorry to sound vulgar, but it is true, because the other side is highly organized and you have … Continue reading Refugee Contractors Use Trump September Executive Order to Organize Nationally

Trump’s Executive Order on Refugee Resettlement Won’t Stop Refugee Arrivals to Your State or Community

Editor’s note:  Concerned about growing assumptions that the recent Trump Executive Order will solve the problem of no local or state say about refugee admissions, a long-time observer of the program with legal expertise, David James, has explained for us that the EO does not do what it purports to do.  Although grateful that the … Continue reading Trump’s Executive Order on Refugee Resettlement Won’t Stop Refugee Arrivals to Your State or Community