The federal resettlement contractors plan
September 15th postcard dump on Hill by Ann Corcoran 9/6/16
The nine major federal
resettlement contractors*** which
are largely funded by you, the taxpayer, understand the process for getting
money (for them) out of your wallets! The millions of dollars they depend on to
run offices, pay rent, pay salaries and travel comes from Congress not from passing the plate at worship
services or holding fundraising events.
I first told
you about the postcard campaign here:https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2016/08/16/washington-dc-august-28th-rally-for-refugees-planned/
The process
works like this: The President sends a “determination” to Congress in late
September with how many refugees he wants to be placed in your towns in the
coming years. (BTW in earlier years of the program, which is 36 this year, the
President sent the determination letter during the summer to give Congress a
little more time). But, heck in recent years they sent it almost on
October 1st because Congress didn’t care what the President sent, they
rubber-stamped the plan and gave him the money without a required hearing.
Obama’s last
determination….Obama will be
sending his determination probably after he does his dog and pony show at the
United Nations on September 20th and we expect (and will be demanding!) that the House
and Senate Judiciary Committees hold hearings on his proposal before
October 1 (as required by law). More on that later.
During this
month, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees will be deliberating about next year’s
budget (next year starts on Oct. 1, 2016). What matters will be how much of
your money they appropriate for the Department of State and the Department of
Health and Human Services for the resettlement of Obama’s last refugee wishlist
(which will probably come in around 200,000).
The contractors get
it! They understand that their futures depend on this—on how much the
Republican Congress gives them! If they get gobs and gobs of (your)
money they will continue to open new offices at newly targeted sites for the
expanded number of refugees Obama will propose. If Congress slashes their
funds they have to let staff go, and possibly even close offices. So,
they plan a rally and a dump of their postcards on September 15th on Capitol Hill!
Notice they are
not focusing on governors, state legislatures, or local elected officials, or
on the White House, their lobbying effort is directed at one place right now, Congress.
You should be too! (I don’t want to hear how useless they are, the buck
stops with them!) That is not to say you shouldn’t continue pressing all
other elected officials at all levels of government since they might in turn
put pressure on your US Reps, but now is the time—September!—to do whatever it takes to get your US Senators and
Congressmen focused on this one issue!
This is from
the US
Committee for Refugees and Immigrants website (I wrote
about them yesterday): Sign the Postcard: Urge the U.S. to Lead by Example on Refugee
Protection & Resettlement Fill out this form to electronically sign
the postcard that is also available for downloading and printing at www.refugeesarewelcome.org/get-involved/.
After you sign,
encourage your friends, family, coworkers, and social media networks to do the
same. You can also print out a few copies to gather signatures at your upcoming
events! All signatures must be collected by COB Monday, September 12, 2016. We
will deliver all of the postcards together at a press conference in front of the
Capitol Building on Thursday, September 15th.
I’ve been
writing about this for about 2 weeks, see my tag ‘Where is Congress’ for more background on the
Appropriations process and the players, more today and every day going forward.
These are the
nine major resettlement contractors that monopolize all refugee resettlement in
America, under them are 350 or so subcontractors:
https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2016/09/06/the-federal-resettlement-contractors-plan-september-15th-postcard-dump-on-hill/
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