Manchester, NH police chief: 500 refugees coming to
NH, 90,000 Syrians to America, by
Ann Corcoran 11/19/16
That is what the Manchester Union Leader is reporting. I’m thinking 90,000 Syrians is way high
especially in the age of Trump. Nevertheless, here is the story. It
is not clear to me (maybe it is to you!) what the motion before the mayor and
council would actually do, so I’ll just stick to reporting on the stunning
numbers that supposedly came from the FBI.
Alderman Keith Hirschmann originally
proposed the motion, saying the board would empower Mayor Ted Gatsas in any
efforts to stop a potential influx of 500 refugees from Syria.
Manchester Police Chief Nick Willard
said he got the numbers from the FBI. BTW, Republican Senator Ayotte, to
Willard’s right in this photo, lost her Senate seat. For our purposes it didn’t
matter, because I have not seen her lift a finger to slow the Refugee Admissions
Program (too close to Senators McCain and Graham?)
That figure came from Manchester
Police Chief Nick Willard, who said he was told by members of the FBI that 500
Syrian refugees could be headed to New Hampshire. “I was told during discussions with the FBI that 90,000 Syrian refugees
are headed to the U.S., and 500 of them will be headed to New Hampshire,” said
Willard. Willard said he had no further
information about the expected influx, including when or where in the state the
refugees would be headed. The motion was defeated.
Here is what one of our long time
readers told the Union Leader, a sentiment shared by many in cities and
states across America! Jeannine
Richardson said Friday, November 18, 2016
at 8:21 pm Those who voted to host more refugees better find a way to house our
homeless first and look into the burden on our schools, Medicaid, subsidized
housing and job marker [market] for people with no skills before thinking this
is a good idea for Manchester. Last family we hosted (like that PC term) are
receiving $1200 in food stamps per month while we have soup kichens and
religious groups having to feed American citizens in Manchester.– See more
at: http://www.unionleader.com/article/20151118/NEWS0606/151119198#sthash.Cz5PiKjA.dpuf
We have a huge archive on Manchester where the mayor worked for years to try
to slow the flow to the refugee overloaded city. And, if you hadn’t noticed, New
Hampshire is turning (politically) blue and I maintain much of that has to
do with the influx of refugees and immigrants to the state.
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