Opposition to refugee resettlement growing in
West Virginia, by Ann Corcoran
10/26/16
We have
reported on many occasions that West Virginia has pretty much dodged a bullet
when it comes to the federal government resettling third worlders in the state,
but all of that is changing as new efforts are underway to supply more
industries there with cheap labor—in a state that has been struggling for
years! [Update or is it pressure from the Catholic Church, see
here—ed]
The controversy
began last spring when Episcopal Migration Ministries (one of 9 federal refugee
contractors) went public with its plan to bring Middle Eastern refugees—Syrians
in particular—to Charleston which had only gotten a few Iraqis and Iranians in
the last ten years.
Rep. Alex
Mooney represents Charleston, WV. He is also a member of the House Freedom
Caucus. West Virginians who have concerns about refugees being placed secretly
in the state, must get a commitment from him BEFORE the election to join any
effort in the lame duck session to DEFUND the RAP. See here:
BTW, 176
refugees in total were placed (mostly by Catholic Charities) in West Virginia
in the last decade. Charleston got 13 Iraqis and 9 Iranians before last year’s
five Syrians.
We reported on
the plan by EMM here. Then again here and here in September. And, more recently
published the testimony of citizen activist Brenda Arthur to Senator Jeff
Sessions Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest, here.
Arthur has now
launched a facebook page—ACT Charleston-Secure West Virginia. Click
here to join and keep up with the news. Earlier in the summer when Arthur was
just learning about the RAP (Refugee Admissions Program), after reading about
it in an article in the Charleston Daily Mail, she penned a letter to the editor.
Arthur reports the following:
This (below) is the letter I tried to get
Kelly Merritt – Charleston Daily Mail Opinion Page Editor – to publish in late
July 2016. He wanted me to “soften” it, as he said it was too
“inflammatory”. I would not — therefore, he would not publish it.
This is the
“inflammatory” letter, what do you think?
REFUGEE
RESETTLEMENT FOR CHARLESTON? by Brenda Arthur
On May 26,
2016, the Charleston Gazette-Mail published an article by staff writer Erin
Beck. She painted a glowing face on the issue of Charleston being targeted by
Episcopal Migration Ministries as a “resettlement community.” I’m compelled to
fill in gaps in her narrative with what Paul Harvey called ‘the rest of the story’.
The refugees
being brought to the United States are 98% Muslim. Only a small number are
Christians. In reality, the Christians are treated much worse in the refugee
camps. Many Christians are afraid to go to the refugee camps because of
mistreatment by the overwhelming numbers of Muslims.
Although people
being brought here as refugees come from all over the world — many of those
coming now are picked by the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees from
the refugee camps in Syria, Turkey, and Jordan. The UN is a corrupt
organization that hates America and Israel. How can we trust any refugees they
pick for us? Beck’s article never mentioned that ISIS has sworn to infiltrate
the ‘refugees’:
“ISIS has said
in their own words that they want to exploit it to infiltrate the West. Again,
it is not a threat I am making up, it’s a threat their own officials have
warned us about.” (11/18/15)–House Homeland Security Chairman Michael McCaul.
Beck neglected
to report that these refugees can’t be vetted, an alarming fact that ISIS knows
even if Erin Beck doesn’t.
James B. Comey,
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Justice: “There
is risk associated with bringing anybody in from the outside, but especially
from a conflict zone like [Syria]… My concern there [about bringing Syrian
refugees into the United States] is that there are certain gaps I don’t want to
talk about publicly in the data available to us.” (10/8/15)
Supporters of
this resettlement scheme will tell you that the refugees are vetted by our
State Department and Homeland Security. REALLY? Is this the same State
Department that “vetted” the wife of the San Bernardino terrorist, and gave
refugee status to the Tsarnaev brothers a.k.a. the Boston bombers? Perhaps Erin
Beck has a copy of the State Department memo warning Charleston – and other
host cities across America – that some refugees are afflicted with drug
resistant strains of TB.
Are we to
believe highly informed intelligence experts — or groups like the Episcopal
Migration Ministries (one of 9 major Federal Contractors paid mostly with our
tax dollars) who are paid “by the head” to bring these people to the United
States. Thanks to a reserved place at the public trough, these Federal
Contractors get hundreds of millions of dollars in government grants.
Ask yourself
these questions: Why do groups like Episcopal Migration Ministries (a 501(c) 3
charity) *(and the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops operating in
West Virginia as Catholic Charities of West Virginia) get hundreds of millions
of our tax dollars to do their work ? Why do they operate “below the radar”
away from public scrutiny?
Why aren’t they
presenting our elected representatives with the R & P Abstract (Reception
& Placement) which details the plan for the town they are invading?
Before you
vilify me as a bigot, xenophobe, racist, or hater, answer these questions: Why
is it incumbent on us to absorb so many impoverished third world peoples who
reject our language, our culture, or our values? Why spend millions on them
when thousands of my fellow West Virginians are facing hard times due to the
Federal assault on our coal industry? Why is money given to foreign nationals
when our veterans cannot get quality medical care?
Why not
resettle them in other Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia where there is plenty
of space and oil money to boot?
Why should our
country which is almost 20 Trillion dollars in debt give refugees Supplemental
Security Income (SSI), Food Stamps, Medicaid, Social Security Disability
Insurance, Public Housing, Child Care & Development, Job Opportunities for
Low Income Individuals (JOLI), Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program
(LIHEAP), and other government benefits?
We have our own
problems. Could any group that wants to bring impoverished third world peoples
here that add a further financial burden to our citizens and have the potential
of risking our security have the interest of our community and state in mind?
*Added:
10-23-16 More questions from me: Where
is the West Virginia Congressional Delegation? Where is Senator Shelley Moore
Capito? Where is Rep. Alex Mooney? Are they shilling for industries in West
Virginia clamoring for cheap immigrant labor in a state that has seen
unemployment go up as the coal industry is being killed by Obama? Their
silence is telling!
Endnote: While doing my research on Iraqis here
yesterday, I noticed
that the tiny town of Washington, WV on the Ohio border is getting Iraqis, only
a small number so far, but I wonder why? Spillover from Ohio?
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