HIAS is the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society founded in 1881.
They helped Jews immigrate to the US. These Jews became positive contributors
to US economic growth. They are now engaged in importing welfare migrants to
the US and have become “negative contributors” to the US economy. True
compassion helps those in need without harming others. The blame goes to bad US
immigration policy.
Pittsburgh paper: HIAS remains defiant in wake of
synagogue murders, by Ann Corcoran, 11/3/18.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette‘s headline is this: Pittsburgh’s Jewish
refugee resettlement agency, HIAS vow to continue work after threats, Squirrel
Hill shooting.
The
story paints a picture of a ‘non-profit‘ group that is all about welcoming the
poor and downtrodden to America, but never mentions the fact that it is more
than 50% funded by US and state taxpayers many of whom do not share its
open-borders views and would prefer their tax dollars be spent on America’s
needy people.
HIAS
received $186 million from taxpayers in the last ten years, here. Its CEO is paid over $300,000
annually. And,
like virtually all mainstream media stories about the horrific attack on
innocents, The Post-Gazette,
mentions not one word about that fact that HIAS is paid to do its ‘good works’
by the US government.
As
I said here. It is fine and dandy if HIAS wants to hold
anti-Trump political rallies, sue the President and organize for the Tuesday
midterms, but doing those things while accepting millions of taxpayer dollars
every year strikes most people as fundamentally unfair!
This is from an anti-Trump protest in
January of this year put on by Church World Service, HIAS and
CAIR https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2018/01/28/church-world-service-and-hias-join-cair-to-protest-at-white-house/
Here is a bit from the deficient Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story:
The Jewish refugee resettlement agency in Pittsburgh remains defiant in
its work despite the connection Saturday’s mass shooting at a Squirrel Hill
synagogue shared with its mission.
“These
[sites] are echo chambers where people just get angrier and angrier and angrier
about falsehoods,” said Mark Hetfield, CEO and president of HIAS — formerly the
Hebrew Immigration Aid Society. “I mean, what harm was this congregation doing
by welcoming refugees in a religious service?”
Breakdown
of contributions in 2018 est. - Government Grants 58.5% Contributor’s Gifts
& Grants 41.5%.
Charity Navigator reports that in 2016,
HIAS was 58.5% funded by government grants mostly to resettle refugees.
https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=3820
Mr.
Hetfield said that he’s aware of several “hate sites and hate sites masquerading as issue-oriented sites” that have attacked the work of HIAS
and JFCS. “But they’ve just been words so far, but as we see now, words lead to
action.”
Mr.
Hetfield said HIAS has in the past had a designated person monitor social media
for threats but the organization will be “totally changing” its strategy. “I mean we did not know about this murderer on
Gab, we were not following Gab. We
do not follow these hate-filled fora, but we need to,” he said. “And then we
need to figure out what do we do when we see things. We see things every day
against us.”
That
is an example of how out of touch with most Americans these open borders
leftwing groups are, they didn’t know about Gab? This is a prime example of why
the Dems were so shocked at the 2016 election of Donald Trump.
Mr.
Hetfield said the physical security strategy has changed as well since Saturday.
Armed guards now surround HIAS offices in New York City and Silver Spring, Md.
He likened the change to how he felt after 9/11.
JFCS
has begun closely monitoring social media and re-evaluating security since the
attack happened; it had also not known about Mr. Bowers prior to Saturday. Go here for more.
See if you can find one word about how HIAS is a US State Department
contractor that is paid by the head to place refugees in towns and cities of
their choosing (behind closed doors in conjunction with the US State
Department).
If
HIAS, the US State Department, and the mainstream media were transparent and
honest about how refugee resettlement is carried out in America, citizen
taxpayers wouldn’t get so frustrated.
So, why aren’t they more transparent? I have a guess, but I would like to
hear what they say for a change!
Endnote: I
did see an AP story sometime in the last week that did mention (briefly!) that
HIAS receives taxpayer dollars, but couldn’t find it again.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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