They are changing America by changing the people
I was very interested to see the list of top cities in the US that ‘welcome’ refugees when I published The Tent Foundation/Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service Refugee Hiring Guide the other day. Where is Twin Falls? Today I had a chance to look at the list more carefully and I’ll be darned, I don’t … Continue reading Twin Falls, Idaho welcomed nearly 3,000 refugees in ten years
Update October 11th: 35 more came since yesterday. 21 of those were from the DR Congo. Total 108 refugees since October 1. We told you yesterday that President Trump signed the Memorandum (the Presidential Determination) capping refugee admissions for FY19 which began on October 1 at 30,000. A total of 73 were admitted yesterday in … Continue reading First FY19 refugees arrive, mostly Africans distributed to 12 states
It is what happens every year at this time. The State Department pours refugees in at a much higher rate in the final month of the fiscal year, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that, with only a couple more days to go in this month, we are above the average admission rate for the … Continue reading Refugee arrivals picked up this month
By all accounts (from people I politically agree with!) Trump gave a great speech at the UN yesterday. And, although we stepped back from one of two new compacts related to refugees under construction in the world body, we participate in this one. (See here that Trump removed us from a second UN compact deliberation.) … Continue reading CIS: Why are we participating in UN refugee compact?
For years we have been flying Africans to America and placing them in hundreds of US towns and cities, and President Trump’s State Department will continue that trend as its number one refugee admissions priority! Frankly, as I said just yesterday if Africa doesn’t soon slow its population growth and get the … Continue reading Trump Administration to prioritize Africans in FY19 refugee admissions to US