New disease showing up in Asian immigrants

A former Vietnamese refugee living in Tennessee is believed to have the mystery disease sometimes mistaken for Tuberculosis.  Researchers say it’s an immune deficiency disease similar to AIDs, but they don’t believe it is communicable. We just had another story about refugees and disease yesterday, here. From CBS Atlanta: ATLANTA (AP) — Researchers have identified … Continue reading New disease showing up in Asian immigrants

El Cajon, CA officials in DC this week begging for help with refugee overload

…..they want $20 million from the federal government and a state of emergency declared for San Diego County to help them out with their refugee overload. Feds:  It’s your problem now! For those of you following the Refugee Resettlement program of the US State Department this news item from Fox News in El Cajon won’t … Continue reading El Cajon, CA officials in DC this week begging for help with refugee overload

Head hunters prep refugees for job interviews in Nashville’s upscale Brentwood

Job recruiting firms helped Catholic Charities in Nashville recently to train refugees in how to find jobs, however, you have to wonder if Catholic Charities is putting the same effort into helping Americans find work. Catholic Charities is the federal government’s refugee contractor for Tennessee.   For new readers that means that the “religious” organization is … Continue reading Head hunters prep refugees for job interviews in Nashville’s upscale Brentwood

Witness who refused to testify in Nashville Somali sex trafficking case faces jail time

One of the Somalis the government hoped would testify in the Somali sex trafficking case* said he feared for his life if he snitched on his fellow countrymen. From AP: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Somali man who refused to testify against gang members in a sex trafficking trial in Nashville told a judge that … Continue reading Witness who refused to testify in Nashville Somali sex trafficking case faces jail time

Police try new tactic to defeat Kurdish gangs in Nashville neighborhoods

It looks like this will be Muslim refugee crime day at RRW.   First, we had new information about the Burmese Muslim murder suspect in Salt Lake City and I have yet to get to the North Dakota Somali murderer and here comes news from the Kurdish capital of the United States—Nashville—about efforts by police to … Continue reading Police try new tactic to defeat Kurdish gangs in Nashville neighborhoods