Re-posted by
Ann Corcoran on February 1, 2016
There is so
much propaganda about how refugees bring economic boom times to communities
(and since a reader reminded me about this old post), I am re-posting this information
that dispels that myth. Please use this
information as you become active in Election 2016! If this is the case in
Minnesota, it is probably the case where you live too! Use it in Wyoming and in Montana.
From
May 2014: Not too many words are necessary, the numbers
say it all! When Congress
first debated the bill that became the Refugee
Act of 1980 (Senators Ted Kennedy and Joe Biden were key sponsors), the
debate centered around the admonition that we should not be importing MORE poverty to
America.
Doesn’t take a genius to know that we are, but
here is a handy graph of poverty rates among the foreign-born for Minnesota. Be sure to note that 12% of all
Minnesotans are below the poverty line.
Foreign born
below the poverty level by ancestry in Minnesota 2010-2012: Somolia 63%, Hmong
30%, Mexican 28%, Ethiopian 24%, Liberian 18%, Chinese 10%, Korean 8%, Indian
4% All foreign born 22%, All Minnesota residents below poverty 12%.
So much for the
idea being peddled everywhere that immigrants bring economic boom times where
ever they go! More like Cloward and Piven. Highest poverty rates for MN immigrants: 2 in
3 Somali, 1 in 3 Hmong, 1 in 3 Mexican http://pic.twitter.com/6WADnvHarG
By the way, we
don’t bring refugees from China, India or Korea (some asylees but not direct
resettlement).
New news! Things
continue to be hot in St. Cloud one of the primary resettlement sites for
Somalis in Minnesota, go
here to the Minneapolis Star Tribune about the
latest from this past weekend. And
this! Minnesota needs $$$ to keep next
generation of Somali youths from joining ISIS. So remind me again! What
did we get out of this deal?
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