Retired Dept. of State worker fully supports
President Trump’s efforts to rein-in refugee program, by Ann Corcoran 2/8/17
As a refugee coordinator,
I saw the exploitations, inconsistencies and security lapses in the program….(25-year veteran of the US
Department of State) I know I said earlier this
morning that I wasn’t posting today so I could catch up on reading e-mails etc.,
but this just goes to show what important news is in those e-mails when I find
the time to read them!
Dynamite! From the Chicago Tribune: Letter: I have seen first-hand the abuse and fraud in the U.S. refugee
program. I fully support President Donald Trump’s executive order that
temporarily halts admissions from the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program and bans
travel from nationals of countries that potentially pose a security risk to the
United States; however, I don’t think the action goes far enough. Further,
I believe there are many people throughout the country who feel the same way.
Writer says that the movement of
Malta’s ‘refugees’ to the US is “legally questionable.” Most are Somalis as we
see here in photo and story.
As a recently retired 25-year veteran of the U.S. Department of State who served almost eight years as a refugee coordinator
throughout the Middle East, Africa, Russia and Cuba, I have seen
first-hand the abuses and fraud that permeate the refugee program and know
about the entrenched interests that fight every effort to implement much-needed
reform. Despite
claims of enhanced vetting, the reality is that it is virtually impossible to
vet an individual who has no type of an official record, particularly in
countries compromised by terrorism. U.S. immigration officials simply rely on the
person’s often rehearsed and fabricated “testimony.” I have personally seen
this on hundreds of occasions.
As a refugee coordinator, I saw the exploitations, inconsistencies and
security lapses in the program, and I advocated strongly for change.
Nonetheless, during the past decade and specifically under the Obama
administration, the Refugee Admissions Program continued to expand blindly,
seemingly without concern for security or whether it served the best interests
of its own citizens. For instance, the legally questionable
resettlement of refugees from Malta to the United States grew substantially,
despite the fact that as a European country with a functioning asylum system, “refugees”
should have remained there under the internationally accepted concept of “the country
of first asylum.” Similarly, the “special” in-country refugee programs in Cuba
and Russia continue, although they are laden with fraud and far too often
simply admit economic migrants rather than actual refugees.
As an insider who
understands its operations, politics and weaknesses, I believe the refugee
program must change dramatically and the courts must allow the president to
fully implement the order. Signed Mary Doetsch
I know there are others of you out
there with stories to tell, I’ve heard from some of you before. See my e-mail
address in the left hand column. For the sake of national security,
please send me your stories (they can be anonymous if you fear for your jobs).
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