Lancaster, PA: Church World Service and new mayor
want the city to continue as “refugee capital of the USA”, by Ann
Corcoran, 8/14/18.
The group is now moving to bolster its advocacy role. With some new funds raised through the national organization, they’ll hire a new grassroots organizer to help refugees and immigrants become more active in the community — from volunteering to voting, Mastropietro said.
“We can and we must do more,” Johnson said. “Our reputation as the refugee capital of the United States needs to be backed by redoubled efforts and even more commitment to immigrants and refugees.”
CWS can be Open Borders political agitators all they want—just not on our dime! CWS is 74% funded (involuntarily!) by you! See new accounting by Nayla Rush at the Center for Immigration Studies. Over $68 million of your tax dollars went to them in 2016 alone!!!
So,
federal refugee contractor Church
World Service is beefing up its political activist activities with new hires and holding events
like this one on Sunday in the heart of Amish country. (And they are not just
protesting for more refugees, they want open borders for all!).
From Lancaster Online: Lancaster advocates, leaders criticize
immigration policies during ‘March for Humanity’
Decrying
the strict immigration policies that have made the U.S. border harder to cross
in both legal and illegal ways, Lancaster’s preeminent refugee resettlement
organization led a call for action on Sunday.
“We have to stand up, be loud and lift our voices in solidarity with
all of our neighbors regardless of where they’re from,” Stephanie Gromek, a spokeswoman
for Lancaster’s Church World Service office, told a crowd of more than 100 in
Penn Square.
In a “March for Humanity” event, CWS and civic leaders criticized
several decisions by President Donald Trump’s administration — from reducing
the number of allowed refugees to separating immigrant families at the border.
Trump
capped refugee admissions last year at their lowest point since 1980.
The
change led to CWS resettling 144 refugees in the last 10 months compared with
407 two years ago, director Sheila Mastropietro said. They’ve had to cut staff
as a result and now have 23 full-time employees — three less than a year ago. [Three less, big deal!—-ed]
Lancaster Mayor Danene Sorace was
elected to office in November 2017 Matt Johnson, chief of staff to Lancaster Mayor Danene Sorace, said the city is trying to build
on its reputation as the place where more refugees are resettled per capita
than anywhere else in the country.
That
includes creating a “language access plan” that ensures everyone can
communicate with the government and certifying Lancaster as an official
“welcoming city,” Johnson said. It also includes reasserting that city police
will not do the work of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, he said. More here.
Don’t
miss my post about ten days ago: ‘Have you no shame John McCullough’ where I report on CWS’s CEO’s huge salary that
you—taxpayers—largely fund!
Is
your church affiliated with CWS? If so, I would be running for the door! Also,
remember that CWS holds the so-called ‘Crop Walks’ to raise even more money for
their political activities.
African
Methodist Episcopal Church
Armenian Church of
America (including
Diocese of California)
International
Council of Community Churches
Patriarchal
Parishes of the Russian Orthodox Church in the U.S.A.
Serbian
Orthodox Church in the U.S.A. and Canada
Syrian
Orthodox Church of Antioch
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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