Two cases of refugees beating family members: no
one told me it was against the law in the west, by Ann Corcoran 6/10/17
These two cases involving refugees,
one in Canada (a Muslim) and one in the US (a ‘Christian’) tell the courts the
same thing—no
one told them it was against the law to beat your wife (in the first case) or
your children (in the second case). They claim they come from
cultures where it is A-ok!
And, you know what! I believe
them. I believe that those responsible for placing refugees in far flung
communities throughout North America are so steeped in political correctness
(with their minds muddled by concepts of cultural relativism) that they leave
their refugees (wives and children) vulnerable.
Here is the Canada story of Mohamed
Rafia (One of Trudeau’s Syrian
refugees who beat his wife, didn’t know it was against the law) cleverly
reported by Ezra Levant at The Rebel:
At the court hearing, Rafia said officials didn’t inform him of
differences in Canadian laws and more should have been done to educate him.
Yeah, how come you didn’t say it wasn’t OK to take a weapon and smash
your wife again and again. How come you didn’t tell him that! Continue reading here, the irony is too juicy.
Our second case is going on in New Hampshire where a Congolese refugee
woman has lost her children and could be deported if convicted of child abuse.
When you read the long story, note
that the NPR reporter gives great details, but leaves out the first pressing
question I had, and you will likely have too—which resettlement agency in Concord is
responsible for this woman and her cultural orientation to America and American
laws and values? Thanks to Jeanine for alerting me to this story…..
From Rhode Island NPR: The Obama Administration told the UN (which is trying to
clean out its camps) that we would take in 50,000 Congolese, mostly women (in
need of mental health treatment) and children, over 5 years (from FY14-FY19).
We have now ALREADY passed the 42,000 mark. 752 were placed in New Hampshire.
The Trump State Department is continuing the resettlement.
Nine months ago, Joyce Chance left a
refugee camp in Uganda where she had spent the last eleven years. Chance, who
was born in Congo, boarded a plane with her two kids, and came to the United
States.
A refugee resettlement agency [What, no name?—ed] in Concord, New
Hampshire picked them up at the airport, and moved them into a one-room
apartment. [One room
for a family of three?—likely not allowed under contract with DOS—ed]
Seven months later, the state of New
Hampshire took Chance’s kids away. The kids’ teachers had suspected child
abuse, and contacted the Department of Child and Family Services. DCYF placed
the children – who are 9 and 12 – first with relatives, then later with a
foster family.
The agency instructed Chance not to
contact her children, and according to her attorney, she didn’t. A month later,
Concord Police arrested Chance, charging her with five counts of assault
against her children. If she is convicted, she could be deported.
No one told her it was not okay to
beat your children! “The big issue here is the cultural differences,” she told me.
According to Chance, corporal punishment is a common way to discipline children
in Congo and Uganda. “When I [got] here,” Chance would later tell me through a
translator, “Nobody [told] me it’s not okay to punish your children that way.”
To be clear, a guardian can use
physical force against a minor when she reasonably believes it is necessary,
according to New Hampshire statue. The state will likely argue Chance’s
behavior was reckless and caused substantial pain, making it illegal. Continue
reading here. There is some question about whether the kids are
even her biological children.
And, for the curious, like me, the
resettlement agency responsible for refugee resettlement in Concord is Ascentria Care Alliance formerly Lutheran
Social Services of New England. So, it is a subcontractor of Lutheran
Immigration and Refugee Service headquartered
in Baltimore that did a lousy job of orienting this woman to American culture
and laws! Not a surprise because frankly this is a business and they bring ’em in and move on to the next batch of
paying ‘clients.’ For new (ambitious) readers, this is post number 2,106 in my
refugee ‘crimes’ category, see here.
https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2017/06/10/two-cases-of-refugees-beating-family-members-no-one-told-me-it-was-against-the-law-in-the-west/
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