Canada: Tamil Tigers on board the MV Sun Sea; Tigers in Oakland?

So what else did you expect! I should be writing about yesterday’s State Department meeting where federal contractors made their pitches for more refugees for FY2013 and I will get to that shortly (I hope), but to add a little variety to our stories about bureaucracy in Washington, I’m posting this update of a story … Continue reading Canada: Tamil Tigers on board the MV Sun Sea; Tigers in Oakland?

State Department hearing today on refugee numbers for FY 2013, commenter concerned about Shariah Law

I’ll be reporting back tomorrow morning about the meeting. In the meantime, I have been posting comments sent to the State Department from people who send their comments to me.   Below is the latest.   To see others go to our new category (Testimony for 5/1/2012 State Dept. Meeting) here. Dear Sir/Madam: I am writing … Continue reading State Department hearing today on refugee numbers for FY 2013, commenter concerned about Shariah Law

US Bishops on their knees begging for more taxpayer dollars

Your tax dollars! I guess they didn’t learn from the recent controversy over free birth control and Sandra Fluke‘s attack on Georgetown University (and the Catholic Church) that once you take Caesar’s money, Caesar expects payback.    Yesterday I posted at my other blog a story about how the Bishops are back lobbying Congress for your … Continue reading US Bishops on their knees begging for more taxpayer dollars

South African constitution makes promises it can’t keep as economic migrants pour in

Every time I see one of these articles (coming with some regularity now) about South Africa’s troubles with immigrants seeking the promised land and the local population that resents them, that ol’ schadenfreude is hard to hide.  South Africa threw off the yoke of “white oppression” and a myth was born that the country would … Continue reading South African constitution makes promises it can’t keep as economic migrants pour in

Religious refugee agencies: Priority one is “guarding the government golden goose”

James Edwards writing at the Center for Immigration Studies has a great summary of the Refugee Resettlement Program and how the mostly religious federal contractors often operate, in many cases, against the best interest of the refugees AND the communities into which the agencies place the third-worlders. Here is just a bit of what Edwards … Continue reading Religious refugee agencies: Priority one is “guarding the government golden goose”