They are changing America by changing the people
As we end the year and begin a new one, we have to get down to work. Shelbyville, TN and the Times-Gazette have given us lots to write about in the last 10 days or so (see our whole series here), but we need to do some basic research. Will you help us? First, who really decides which cities … Continue reading Who decides which cities will get refugees next? What are the cities?
The Shelbyville Times-Gazette ran reporter Brian Mosely’s Part IV on the Somalis in Shelbyville today. This one focused on the English language lessons refugees are encouraged to attend—you know, those lessons you are paying for. Judy posted on the other article that made up Part IV here. The Department of Labor administers grants for the … Continue reading Shelbyville, TN, Part IV cont., Somali Students not so serious
The Times-Gazette of Shelbyville, TN published Part II of a five part series on the friction developing as the population of secondary migration Somali refugees grows in this town of about 20,000 (for our local readers, that’s about half the size of Hagerstown, MD). The culture clash is occuring in the school system. Gray[Bedford County School Superintendent] … Continue reading Shelbyville, TN, Part II and the pot starts boiling
The small town of Shelbyville, TN doesn’t know what hit them as about a thousand Somali refugees have arrived to work at Tyson’s Food. Today the Times-Gazette ran the first of a five-part series on the impact the Somalis are having on this Tennessee town. The Somalis are part of waves of secondary migration of … Continue reading Somalis swarm to Shelbyville, TN
The first handful of African Hutus celebrated Thanksgiving in Chattanooga, TN a few days ago according to a report in the Chattanooga Times Free Press. This is one of those template stories about how everything is going great with refugees in their new home town. Did you know we were bringing 10,000 Burundian refugees from … Continue reading Burundian Hutus settling in Chattanooga, TN