Guest
post: A report from someone on the inside (information you should know!), by
Ann Corcoran, 5/3/16
Editor: This is an anonymous submission to RRW from someone who has experience
working for a refugee resettlement agency. Increasingly we are hearing from
people with firsthand knowledge of what is involved with resettling refugees in
America. These are people who feel compassion for many of the refugees
they have worked with, but also know that the UN/US State Department Refugee
Admission Program is flawed and needs extensive reform. We applaud their
bravery in speaking out.
From ‘anonymous’…After working for several years for
a refugee resettlement VOLAG, I was dismayed to see the following areas
of irresponsibility. Before I begin, it should be noted that all of my
co-workers, many former refugees, themselves, went beyond what the job calls
for in assisting their refugee clients. They remained “on call” to their
clients and served more hours than they were paid for. I can’t fault them on
the quality of their service.
Elderly and disabled refugees like
this Somali man in Indiana receive 7 years of SSI benefits just like any other
American (although he never paid in to the system). However, refugees must
apply to become US citizens in that time frame. In searching around (into the
regulatory weeds) I learned that there is also a 3 year extension
available.
What I DO fault them, and all the staff at the VOLAG, for is what I
view as continually enabling refugee clients to remain dependent on social
services and welfare handouts. While all staff
certainly encouraged their clients to get jobs and keep them, when the clients
quit their jobs (quit, not laid off!) the caseworkers were quick to ask the
Director to pay rent and utilities for these clients. The Director was pretty
quick to do so, when there were funds available.
An occasional helping-out for
someone who is seriously working and trying to take care of his family is
compassionate. A continual coming-to-the-rescue of clients who just can’t or won’t
keep a job is crippling.
The motive for paying the rent more
than a couple of times is not really compassion (in my viewpoint). I think it’s
because the staff realize they need to keep a good relationship with the
apartment complexes. Clients being evicted for non- payment of rent is bad for
the refugee resettlement business!
A number of young, single, male
Eritrean and Ethiopian refugees were very transient. Three or four of them
would sign a year’s lease (required by the apartment) but then they would all
move around the complex as they found their friends or others they’d rather
live with. They frequently broke their leases just like they frequently quit
their jobs.
Interestingly, I observed that
Sudanese, Bhutanese, and Burmese were, generally, as a “people group”, very
hard working, saved their money, helped out others in their community.
Eritreans (mostly young, single,
males, Orthodox Christians) and Iraqis (almost ALL Sunni and Shiite Muslims)
seemed to have the most difficult time keeping jobs. Housekeeping was a
no-no for Muslims; landscaping was too hot; meat industry was too cold.
They frequently just up and quit because the job locations were too far away
(two bus rides and a couple of hours). And, anyway, there were enough ethnic
owned convenience stores and Middle Eastern restaurants that paid “under the
table” to keep them going.
Finally, the thing that
burned me up (still does!) is the fact that refugees aged 65 and over
automatically qualify for SSI benefits! https://www.ssa.gov/ssi/text-eligibility-ussi.htm.
This benefit was over $700 a month.
They are also waived from applying for work, but are assured of getting
Medicaid and food stamps! I’m getting ‘up there’ myself, been working for
decades, and have paid into the system instead of being a drain on it! What’s
up with that?
I never understood why the caseworkers and Director didn’t see how the
financial irresponsibility on the part of so many refugees, their unwillingness
to do certain jobs,their entitlement mentality, and dependence on welfare,
coupled with the sheer NUMBERS coming into this country, is contributing to the
eventual downfall of Judaeo-Christian society.
I recommend that RRW readers spread
the word, question their local resettlement agencies, attend refugee related
meetings in their states (If they’re government funded, they’re PUBLIC
meetings), question their elected officials, research the impact resettlement
is having on your local school systems, and, finally, get involved as
volunteers and try to have an impact on the refugees coming into their
communities.
When refugees first arrive they
often like to have an American friend. They actually trust Americans more than
their own countrymen, I found. Why not try to teach them the Judeo-Christian
principles you believe in? Why not try to impress upon them the basic values
we cherish, i.e., fiscal responsibility, independence from welfare, community
service, being a contributor rather than a drain? They ARE going to become
citizens and voters, within about five years of arrival.
While you’re trying to slow the flow (it’ll never stop), why not get
involved and exert some influence? You’ve got nothing to lose and a country to
save?
Thank you for speaking out!
This post is filed for future reference in our category entitled, ‘Comments worth noting/guest
posts’ here.
VOLAG is an acronym used in the
refugee industry. It stands for Voluntary Agency which I think is such a
joke because most VOLAGS are largely funded by you, the US taxpayer, and are
thus hardly doing this work voluntarily (implying with charitable motives). The
nine major federal contractors, or VOLAGS, are here.
Pastor Calls for National Boycott of
Lutheran Social Services, Contact: Rev. CJ
Conner, 620-255-9597
DODGE CITY, Kan., May 2, 2016 /Christian Newswire/ -- Lutheran Pastor Rev. CJ Conner of Dodge City, Kansas,
calls on Christians of good conscience to boycott Lutheran Social Services
(LSS).
Lutheran Social Services has
resettled at least 1000 Muslims in the state of Minnesota alone and recently
released a booklet titled, "My Neighbor is Muslim, Exploring the Muslim
Faith."
Once an essential Lutheran
Institution in American Christianity, Rev. Conner believes that LSS is
unapologetically obsessed with resettling Muslim refugees to the exclusion of
persecuted Christians. Their refugee programs are directed by Yusuf Abdi in
Minnesota.
Rev. Conner says, "Jodi
Harpstead, Executive Director of LSS Minnesota, lauds the booklet, 'My Neighbor
is a Muslim.' She partnered with Hassan Ali Mohamud– the founder, Imam, and
director of the Minnesota Da'wah Institute. All we hear about is their work
with Muslims."
Dr. Stephen Kirby recently wrote
about the Lutheran Social Services booklet and Harpstead's associate, Hassan
Ali Mohamud, in the March Edition of Frontpage Magazine:
"Ironically, the Muslim imam
selected to endorse this booklet appears to be a Hamas supporter, believes that
Shariah Law should be enforced in American communities where Muslims are the
majority, heads one of two mosques that have been the focus of articles about
Somali youth leaving Minneapolis to fight for a terrorist organization, and was
recently refused a government security clearance."
Says Rev. Conner, "Christians
are being slaughtered, children beheaded, and Lutheran Social Services has
abandoned them. Not unlike the Lutheran Leftists in Hitler's Germany who turned
a blind eye to the Jewish Holocaust, LSS of Minnesota has turned their back on
the victims of the Christian genocide. LSS would rather play footsy with the
likes of Hassan Ali Mohamud."
"Christians have lamented the
suffering of our brothers and sisters around the world and have asked, 'What
can we do to stop the genocide? What can we do to help them?' Start by closing
your pocketbook to Lutheran Social Services and re-directing that money to
Christian organizations who care about the plight of Christians, who resettle
Christians, and who leave the resettlement of questionable Muslim refugees to
the Mosques."
"We need a national boycott of
Lutheran Social Services. We need to stop giving money to Christian
organizations who don't care about Christians being murdered by Muslims for
their faith"
http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/9983377811.html
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