Jewish refugee agency to begin closing
resettlement sites, by Ann Corcoran 12/16/17
As I mentioned yesterday, when I reported that true-believer, Lawrence Bartlett, Director of Refugee
Admissions at the US State Department, had been reassigned to Puerto Rico
(voluntarily we assume), resettlement contractors are in a panic.
At Jewish Telegraphic
Agency (hat tip: ‘badboylookout’) we learn
that the State Department is in talks with its contractors about which sites to
close—the smaller ones first.
As CEO of HIAS, Hetfield makes an
annual salary of $358,718 (doing well by doing good!). Since there aren’t
enough paying ‘clients’ (aka refugees) coming in, will he take a pay cut?
This is a far cry from the heyday (Hillary on the horizon!) in mid-2016
when the State Department was reportedly working on a secret list of 40-plus NEW
sites.
(emphasis below is mine)
(JTA) — HIAS, the Jewish refugee aid agency, will be
closing resettlement programs in several cities due to a sharp reduction in the
total number of refugees let into the country in the next fiscal year.
The group’s Chicago chapter
announced in an email Friday that it would be shuttering its refugee
resettlement program.
The same day, HIAS President Mark Hetfield told JTA that
programs in other cities would likely follow, though nothing has been
finalized. HIAS runs refugee resettlement programs in 21 large to midsize
metropolitan areas.
“It is true that smaller
resettlement sites are being closed, and we’re in negotiations with the State
Department right now as to which those will be,” he said. “We want to
keep open as many sites as we can. Chicago has a lot of resettlement agencies
there, and that was a smaller site.”
Just think about that
above—negotiations with the US State Department—once again confirming that state and local
opinions are not considered (when opening or closing sites). A
non-profit group accountable to no voters and the US State Department are
making decisions about your home town!
For the fiscal year 2017, HIAS
resettled about 3,300 refugees after being approved to resettle nearly 4,800
refugees. The organization has been approved for about 3,300 this year, but
Hetfield expects to resettle fewer. He said the reduced number will make it a
challenge to engage 380 synagogues nationwide that had signed up with HIAS to
help with welcoming refugees to their cities. [Of course no mention of the loss
to their wallets!—ed] More here.
That last bit really
gets me hopping angry! Here is an idea for the 380 synagogues: Have we run
out of needy people? Why not help the poor people where you live! And, if it’s refugees
you want to help, then find the ones who came in previous months and years who
are STILL STRUGGLING to find housing, food, jobs, etc. Are only the newest
‘Americans’ more attractive to you, more worthy of your charity? Go here to see my entire Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) file.
These are the nine resettlement
contractors (six are ‘religious’ charities) that can’t survive without federal
funding (your tax dollars). They work
jointly with the US Dept. of State to change America by changing the people.
Maybe it’s time they shifted their focus and take care of poor, homeless, needy
Americans! Wouldn’t that be refreshing this holiday season!
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