Episcopal Migration Ministries might be dropped
from federal refugee program, by Ann Corcoran, 10/21/18.
But so might seven other refugee contractors?
Before
you get too excited….…..there must be an error in this report, but I am posting
it just to see if we can get the truth shaken loose.
When
I first started writing this blog in 2007 there were ten federal resettlement
contractors that monopolized all refugee placement in the US, but the number
dropped to nine and has remained there ever since. The nine are listed below.
Earlier
we learned that Episcopal
Migration Ministries (EMM) was as much as 99.5% funded by you (taxpayers!) for their charitable good works for refugees. So it would be no surprise to learn
that they would be one of the federal resettlement contractors dropped by the
US State Department as the Trump administration slows the flow of paying
clients to the US.
By
the way, when the present Refugee Admissions Program was set up, it was
supposed to be a public-private partnership, but over the years the private
funds dwindled as they became more dependent on public money (aka taxpayer
dollars).
The
headline for the story which is mostly about Episcopal Church business is this:
Executive Council passes budget, grants diocesan
waivers, praises work of Episcopal Migration Ministries.
A
few paragraphs into the Episcopal News Service story we learn this: The Rev. Charles Robertson predicts EMM will
be cut off from refugee contracts. “We are prepared for the worst.”
Members
of Executive Council also received briefings from church officers and staff
members during the week, including a bleak assessment of the future of the church’s refugee resettlement
work from the Rev. Charles Robertson, the presiding bishop’s canon for ministry
beyond the Episcopal Church.
Episcopal Migration Ministries, one of nine agencies with federal
contracts to resettle refugees in the United States, expects to learn in the
coming weeks if its contract will be renewed, at a time when the Trump
administration has dramatically reduced the number of refugees being
resettled. The odds are not in Episcopal Migration Ministries’ favor,
Robertson told Executive Council’s Ministry Beyond the Episcopal Church
Committee.
Could seven be given the boot? “If we were going to bet on it, we’d bet we’re not going
to make the cut,” Robertson said. He predicted only two of the nine would receive contracts. Though unlikely, he said it is
still possible Episcopal Migration Ministries will be one of the two.
I’m
thinking that the reporter got that wrong and meant to say that ‘seven of the
nine would receive
contracts.’ If it is true that seven would be cut, that would be earth-shaking
news.
Episcopal News Service continued….Later that afternoon,
Robertson gave a sobering outlook on Episcopal Migration Ministries’ future to
the committee on Ministry Beyond the Episcopal Church. “We are prepared for the
worst,” Robertson said – the worst being the end of Episcopal Migration
Ministries’ contract to continue the resettlement work it has done for the
federal government since the 1980s.
The
U.S. Department of State announced Sept. 17 that it would lower the ceiling to
just 30,000 refugees for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1, down from a ceiling
of 85,000 just two years ago. And that 30,000 is just the upper limit,
Robertson stressed. The actual number of refugees to be welcomed into the
United States likely will be much lower.
Episcopal Migration Ministries once oversaw 31 resettlement affiliates
in 26 dioceses, but that number has dwindled to 14 affiliates in 12 dioceses. With even fewer refugees to resettle,
the federal government isn’t expected to keep all nine of its contracted
agencies, Robertson said, and Episcopal Migration Ministries, though well
equipped to do that work, is one of the smaller of the nine.
Even
in the worst-case scenario, however, Episcopal Migration Ministries will remain
an important part of the Episcopal Church’s outreach efforts. If the
resettlement work ends, the agency may find other ways to support refugees and,
possibly, other immigrants, Robertson said. He estimated it would take about a
year to fully realize that new vision for the agency. More here.
I
wonder what the loss of millions of federal dollars will do to the
church. I once had a reader, knowledgeable about the budget of the
Episcopal Church, tell me that some of the refugee dollars went to other
programs, however we were never able to confirm that.
By
the way, there likely won’t be any tears shed by the remaining contractors
since the nine have been competitors as they ‘bid for bodies!’
Below are the nine federal refugee resettlement contractors.
I
realize I haven’t posted this list for twelve whole days!
The present US Refugee Admissions Program will never be reformed if the
system of paying the contractors by the head stays in place and the contractors
are permitted to act as Leftwing political agitation groups, community
organizers and lobbyists paid on our dime! And, to add insult to
injury they pretend it is all about ‘humanitarianism.’
The
number in parenthesis is the percentage of their income paid by you (the
taxpayer) to place the refugees into your towns and cities and get them signed
up for their services (aka welfare)! And, get them registered to vote
eventually!
From
my most recent accounting, here. However, please see that Nayla
Rush at the Center for Immigration Studies has done an update of their income, as
has James Simpson at the Capital Research Center!
Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC) (secular)(93%)
International Rescue Committee (IRC) (secular) (66.5%)
US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) (secular) (98%)
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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