Refugee resettlement is a major issue in several
Minnesota races, by Ann Corcoran, 11/4/18.
Three
Republicans have said they will work to stop or at least curtail further
resettlement to the state if elected.
From Twin Cities Pioneer Press: Some Republican
candidates want to suspend refugee resettlement in Minnesota. Can they do that?
Minnesota
has welcomed thousands of refugees since the federal resettlement process was
set in 1980. So why does a trio of key Republicans up for election want to stop
the program now? Well, it depends on whom you ask.
Jeff Johnson, Jim Newberger and Jim Hagedorn have each said they will
ask the federal government to pause refugee resettlement in Minnesota if
elected Tuesday. And they’ve each made it a key issue in their campaigns.
Johnson,
who is running for governor, said he is concerned about how much it costs
taxpayers, as well as high unemployment rates among Somali men.
Hagedorn,
who is running for U.S. House in the 1st Congressional District, claims
refugees are poorly vetted and pose a threat to national security.
Newberger,
a candidate for U.S. Senate, alleges that some refugees don’t want to follow
American law.
The
Democrats running against them support the state’s openness to refugees,
arguing that they strengthen local communities. Immigration experts and advocates
say that Republicans’ opposition to the program is purely political and misses
the benefits the newcomers provide.
The story goes on to tell us that all the Democrats running in the
state have spoken out in favor of more refugees for the state claiming that the refugees have
benefited the state by bringing cultural diversity and that the refugees fill
cheap labor needs (of course that last is my phrase).
As for the question: Can they stop resettlement if elected?
I’m
not going to wander in to the legal weeds on that. There is still a lawsuit
pending in Tennessee on the issue of State’s Rights that holds some hope for
relief.
Suffice it to say, if Minnesotans elect these outspoken Republicans,
and they forcefully take their concern to the President and his US State
Department, the flow could be diverted away from Minnesota for now (as long as Trump
is in the White House).
Of
course the open borders Leftists (and the federal resettlement agencies) will
say that it’s the ‘unwelcoming’ attitude in the state that requires the
slowdown in placement there. (Code for calling you racists!).
I
guess what I am trying to say is that there is no easy legal avenue that would
allow Minnesotans to take a break from the contentiousness there now.
However, I know for sure if enough Minnesotans make
enough political noise and elect candidates willing to speak as
strongly as these three, you have a fighting chance of saving taxpayer dollars,
staying safe, and maintaining some control of who is placed in your state by
Washington and federal resettlement contractors. In other words—there is no rest for the
weary!
Of
course, as Minnesota knows all too well, secondary migrants are moving in from
other states to be with their own ethnic ‘community’ there
and there is no way to stop that migration.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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