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More testimony for the US State Department: Tennessee this time
Posted on May 5, 2013
Readers, you have less than 4 days (by close of business on May 8th) to get testimony to the State Department on the “size and scope” of the Refugee Resettlement program for fiscal year 2014. Instructions are here! Don’t forget! Be sure you copy anything you send to the State Department to your elected Member […]
Posted in Muslim refugees, Nashville, Refugee Resettlement Program, Testimony for 5/15/2013 State Dept. meeting | 1 Comment »
Tennessee Somali sex trafficking trial points to immigration fraud truth
Posted on April 28, 2012
And, that immigration fraud could end up causing the prosecutors to lose this case. I haven’t seen the very latest on the trial that was supposed to wrap up yesterday, but here is an AP story from Thursday. At least from this report it doesn’t look like a guilty verdict for at least the CHILD […]
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More delays in the Tennessee Somali sex trafficking case
Posted on April 10, 2012
And, what do you know—refugee immigration documents are inaccurate for some. (Previous posts on this case can be found here) From AP at NECN.com (raise your hand if you’ve seen this story mentioned anywhere on the mainstream media!): NASHVILLE, Tennessee (AP) — A federal trial involving more than a dozen defendants accused in a sex […]
Posted in Africa, Crimes, diversity's dark side, Immigration fraud, Muslim refugees, Nashville, Refugee Resettlement Program | 1 Comment »
Epic trial taking shape in Tennessee for 23 Somalis charged in sex trafficking case
Posted on February 28, 2012
By all accounts it could be the largest trial in Tennessee history. And, what has everyone surprised is that none of those who will stand trial in Nashville next month have cracked and asked for a plea bargain. We first reported this story here in November 2010 and more recently here. From The Tennessean: Nearly […]
Posted in Africa, Changing the way we live, Crimes, diversity's dark side, Muslim refugees, Nashville, Refugee Resettlement Program, women's issues | 1 Comment »
Catholic Charities Tennessee tries to pretend refugees don’t use welfare for the longterm
Posted on February 27, 2012
Here is an opinion piece from The Tennessean (published while I was away over the weekend) once again highlighting the problems encountered in many states regarding the supposed speedy self-sufficiency refugees are said to attain upon resettlement. Even if we didn’t have the facts and figures, it defies logic that tens of thousands of third-worlders, […]
Posted in Changing the way we live, Community destabilization, Muslim refugees, Nashville, Reforms needed, Refugee Resettlement Program | Comments Off
Are they worrying over Tennessee at the US State Department?
Posted on February 13, 2012
You bet they are! Why else send a high level delegation to the state last week to chat it up with those who drafted a bill that was ultimately signed into law that tells the feds they must do what federal law already says—coordinate with local officials before refugees are resettled into a particular state. […]
Posted in Reforms needed, Refugee Resettlement Program, The Opposition | Comments Off
State Department refugee officials in Tennessee this week
Posted on February 10, 2012
Update: More accounts of the State Department’s trip to calm down the state of Tennessee over refugees, here and here. I expect this was a mission to calm things down in a state, the only state!, that has taken action to set up a process to put a moratorium in place if a local community […]
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Somali sex-trafficking case inching toward trial in Tennessee
Posted on January 30, 2012
New readers may first wish to review stories about the indictments of 29 Somalis back in November 2010, here. The case is expected to go to trial in March if the court and more than two dozen lawyers for the defendants can get it all together. From The City Paper: The federal courthouse in downtown […]
Posted in Africa, Crimes, diversity's dark side, Muslim refugees, Nashville, Refugee Resettlement Program | 2 Comments »
Don Barnett speaks at New York’s Penn Club on refugees; reports on Tennessee law
Posted on January 15, 2012
Center for Immigration Studies fellow, Don Barnett of Nashville, TN, recently traveled to New York to make a presentation on the Refugee Resettlement Program and tell the audience about the Tennessee initiative enacted into law last year that attempts to get some local control over the program. Up until now the US State Department and […]
Posted in Changing the way we live, Nashville, Reforms needed, Refugee Resettlement Program | 1 Comment »
Tennessee: Refugee Absorptive Capacity Act could be the ticket for other areas experiencing refugee overload
Posted on July 5, 2011
A model for other states? Just a week ago we told you about the mayor of Manchester, NH begging for a moratorium on refugees being resettled in his city. The Tennessee bill, just passed and signed into law and discussed in some detail in the Shelbyville Times Gazette, may be just the model other states […]
Posted in Changing the way we live, creating a movement, Reforms needed, Refugee Resettlement Program | 2 Comments »
