Ignoring the governor, New Jersey refugee
contractors vow to place them as fast as Obama admits them! by Ann Corcoran
11/15/16
In my previous
post I said I had two stories today
(so far) about reactions from within the refugee resettlement industry about
the future of the program in a Trump administration. The second story
comes from NJ.com which begins with the usual heart string-tugging story that
has to be the first lesson of Journalism 101 classes at our colleges and
universities. However this story has a little smell to it! (Emphasis
below is mine)
Governor Chris Christie withdrew New
Jersey from the Refugee Admissions Program, but it is meaningless if he doesn’t
follow-up with a state’s rights lawsuit. Contractors admit at NJ.com that
Syrians can’t be properly screened!
The woman, a Syrian refugee recently resettled in Middlesex County, had one
question the morning after the election of Donald Trump: “What does this
mean for my sons?” What kind of visa allowed the Syrian couple admission
to the US, and it is certainly a red flag that their TEENAGE BOYS were not
admitted! Also, since the pair have not yet been approved for asylum, they are NOT
REFUGEES (not until their asylum applications have been approved
are they eligible for all the goodies refugees receive from taxpayers!).
NJ.com continues: Her
concern was recounted by the Rev. Seth Kaper-Dale, whose New Brunswick
congregation has sponsored the resettlement of several refugee families. The woman and her
husband had come to the United States on visas, and are seeking asylum, but
her teenage boys were denied visas and are waiting in a third country. “I told her it doesn’t mean anything for her
boys,” Kaper-Dale said. “I do not expect Donald Trump will be nearly as
aggressive with his actions as he was with his mouth.” [Rather
optimistic isn’t it?—ed]
Rev. Seth Kaper-Dale perhaps should
be more realistic with this Syrian couple. They are not refugees yet, and if
the Obama Admin. didn’t let the BOYS in, there must be concern. By the way,
references here on the cover of Kaper-Dale’s book to Chris Smith refer to the
NJ Republican Congressman who has been a long time supporter of the UN/US State
Dept. Refugee Admissions Program.
Admitting it again! Trump
does not need Congress to cut off the flow! Trump campaigned on a promise to stop the flow of
refugees from the Middle East, vowing to hit the pause button on the current
administration’s acceptance of refugees from the brutal civil war in
Syria. Since the refugee
resettlement program is administered by the U.S. State Department, a president
does not need congressional approval to make the change.
And, just as we predicted! Obama may be trying to front-end the
resettlement of his 110,000 refugee plan for FY2017. However, contractors beware because if you get out ahead
of your federal funding, you may actually have to find private money later in
the year (or go belly-up!).
The New
Jersey-based agencies that have
federal contracts to help refugees find housing and jobs all vow to
continue to welcome people who have come to New Jersey from at least 18
countries. [Progress when mainstream
media mentions that the ‘religious’ groups have federal contracts!—ed]
If anything, some expect
the pace of resettlement may pick up as the Obama administration tries to bring
over as many families as possible before Trump takes office in January, one
volunteer said.
Concerned about the impact the Trump
election might have on the organization’s refugee resettlement program,
Bertrand made inquiries a few days after the election and said he was told
refugees would continue to arrive until the change of administration takes
place in Washington. “And after that, they have no idea what will happen,” he said.
Gov. Christie’s withdrawal of the
state from the UN/US Refugee Admissions Program only means a non-profit federal
contractor like Church World Service in this story will call the shots for NJ (maybe it
already has become a Wilson-Fish state). If he was serious he would file a
lawsuit as Tennessee is doing here.
Although
Gov. Chris Christie came out against the state accepting any Syrian refugees –
saying he would be opposed to accepting even orphans under the age of five –
states cannot ban refugees from resettlement in their borders. Will wonders never cease! Here they
actually admit what we have been saying all along about screening Syrians!
Agencies
that help with refugee settlement say the people arriving today have been in
the vetting pipeline for years. But they concede that the chaotic conditions that triggered a mass exodus
from Syria in 2015 makes it very difficult for refugees to prove anything about
their backgrounds, as employers, relatives and even records are now scattered,
unavailable, or destroyed. Continue reading here.
As I warned in my earlier post this
morning, watch out for more extensive use of the asylum process if the refugee
resettlement program is curtailed. Go here for more on New
Jersey.
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