Major states' rights battle shaping up, if only the governors understood it!

10/05/2016 ~ Ann Corcoran ~ Leave a comment

The other day we reported that the Texas governor withdrew the state from the FEDERAL Refugee Admissions Program (RAP) and some of you gave a sigh of relief (prematurely). The federal government’s Office of Refugee Resettlement wasted no time in informing Texas that you will be a so-called ‘Wilson-Fish’ state. I suspect other states that … Continue reading Major states' rights battle shaping up, if only the governors understood it!

Appeals court rules on Syrian refugees: states cannot block their resettlement…

10/04/2016 ~ Ann Corcoran ~ Leave a comment

…..if the state is taking federal money for refugee resettlement. (That is the hook, always the hook, states take federal money and then lose their states’ rights!) The lesson in this decision is that if you, the citizens of any state, want to control admission to your state of refugees being placed there by the … Continue reading Appeals court rules on Syrian refugees: states cannot block their resettlement…

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

10/04/2016 ~ Ann Corcoran ~ Leave a comment

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

Maine has a sexual assault problem in its Somali community

09/30/2016 ~ Ann Corcoran ~ Leave a comment

Well, what else can you conclude when the federal government shovels a whopping $300,000 grant to a Somali women’s group located in Lewiston, ME. How funny! The group was renamed with a more generic sounding name probably to more easily get the payola. BTW, when we first began writing RRW back in 2007 there were … Continue reading Maine has a sexual assault problem in its Somali community

Texas plans to withdraw from refugee program, and then what?

09/21/2016 ~ Ann Corcoran ~ Leave a comment

Thanks to all who sent this news. I saw it earlier. How many of you remember that Kansas and New Jersey dropped out a few months ago? A handful of you? Did it have any effect other than a little bureaucratic reshuffling. There was a story the other day that NJ has gotten over 200 … Continue reading Texas plans to withdraw from refugee program, and then what?

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