Pew produces handy summary of where refugees have been placed since FY02

The Pew Research Center, which has the money and time, has put together a handy interactive map to show which ethnic groups were placed in which states since fiscal year 2002. This is the 2017 map (FY17 ended on September 30th, 2017). Of course it can be deceptive because it doesn’t show the numbers. Take … Continue reading Pew produces handy summary of where refugees have been placed since FY02

Former refugee contractor CEO: America needs refugees to teach us how to love one another

Stephen Bauman, a former CEO of World Relief, one of nine federal resettlement contractors*** (paid by the head to place refugees in towns that are kept in the dark about the resettlement process) was speaking to an interfaith gathering in North Carolina recently when he said some annoying things. The one that really got me … Continue reading Former refugee contractor CEO: America needs refugees to teach us how to love one another

First 98 of Trump’s refugees have arrived, see where they went

The new fiscal year (2018) is now ten days old and we see that the first of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s and President Trump’s proposed 45,000 refugees have arrived! According to Wrapsnet….. Top ethnic groups arriving in the group of 98 are from the DR Congo (25), Bhutan (21) and Somalia (16).  For our … Continue reading First 98 of Trump’s refugees have arrived, see where they went

Scranton, PA school district struggling under weight of needy immigrant students, working poor

The next time you see one of those head-scratching claims that assert that bringing more third world poverty to a dying city will revitalize it, think about this news from Scranton.  (Pennsylvania is usually one of the top ten states ‘welcoming’ refugees.) And, instead of leaving this admonition to the end where you might miss … Continue reading Scranton, PA school district struggling under weight of needy immigrant students, working poor