They are changing America by changing the people
A story two days ago posted by Jesuit Refugee Service in Africa, joyfully reporting that things are improving in the DR Congo and refugees are moving home, reminded me to tell you where we stand with the movement of DR Congolese to American towns and cities. See the news here : Angola: Congolese refugees turning … Continue reading Obama Told UN We Would Take 50,000 Congolese Refugees in Five Years! Time is up!
I’ve previously reported that the African country, DR Congo, holds the distinction of being the country sending (at present) the highest number of refugees to US towns and cities. Filling Obama’s promise….. And, I told you that Obama’s State Department promised the United Nations that the US would take 50,000 in total over … Continue reading DR Congo tops the list for highest number of refugees resettled in US in FY18
As I mentioned the other day, the issue of the border crossing kids is one I discussed back in the Obama days rather extensively, but the ‘children,’ the mostly unaccompanied teenage boys crossing our borders, are not refugees and so the issue isn’t at the top of my radar screen right now. And, … Continue reading In the NGO salary sweeps, Juan Sanchez has David Miliband beat by a mile!
Two days ago I wondered why the International Rescue Committee*** statement on Trump’s budget cuts did not feature newshound David Miliband (IRC CEO) making the comments against the President. Look at this! Headline from the UK Daily Mail yesterday. I guess he had bigger problems bubbling up than Trump’s budget this week: Charity fronted by … Continue reading Messy business as Miliband and refugee agency embroiled in fraud and sexual harassment charges involving DR Congo
That is what we learned here in June 2013 when Anne Richard, then Asst. Secretary of State for Population Refugees and Migration for President Obama, announced the deal presumably to begin in Fiscal Year 2014 and continue for five years. I just checked the numbers (at Wrapsnet) and see that we have admitted … Continue reading Obama to UN in 2013: We will take 50,000 from DR Congo off your hands