Tough mayor of Manchester, NH running
for governor, Posted by Ann
Corcoran on June 9, 2016
We have a zillion
posts here at RRW about
refugee overloaded Manchester, NH over the years. Many of the posts
chronicle the efforts of its longtime mayor Ted Gatsas who tried to slow the
flow to the city when the immigrant pressure on ‘services’ was getting too
great. (No slowdown any time soon as we
learned here the other
day.)
It was a battle, but the lobbyists for the
refugee industry went to work not wanting to set any precedent that would allow
a mayor to call the shots on how many are resettled by the FEDERAL government
in one of their targeted cities.
Now we see the mayor
is running for governor and he isn’t silent about the refugee problems the
country is facing.
MANCHESTER, N.H. —Manchester Mayor Ted Gatsas said Tuesday that if he
is elected New Hampshire’s next governor, he will use every means possible to
halt Syrian refugees from resettling in New Hampshire until he is satisfied
that the security of the state is guaranteed.
Gatsas, who has long fought for what he calls
“transparency and accountability” in the refugee resettlement process, said he
was concerned that Gov. Maggie Hassan, when questioned by reporters on Monday,
did not say specifically whether she still believes there should be a pause in
refugees from Syria entering the state.
Last November, following the terrorist attacks in Paris, Hassan became
the only Democratic governor in the nation to call for a temporary ban on
refugees until the federal vetting process “is as strong as possible to ensure
the safety of the American people.”
She said on Monday that communication has improved between federal
agencies and the states on refugees, and she said she will continue to issue
calls to “make sure that we continue to get as much information as possible from the
feds about people coming into our state.”
But, asked several times by reporters, Hassan did not say if her
position has changed since November or is the same.
Gatsas said, “As governor, I will formally ask the State Department to
suspend Syrian refugee resettlement in New Hampshire and explore every option
available to stop it until all security concerns are addressed.”
Mayor Gatsas tried to
get a moratorium on the resettlement of large numbers of new refugees.
By the way, one
of the tricks you need to understand about the promoters of colonizing cities
with immigrants is that once they get the family seed units started, they then
clamor for the immigrants’ family members to be permitted to follow them to
that location. If you raise an objection (due to the economy, or crime, or
cultural upheaval going on) you are painted as a heartless xenophobe for not
wanting families to be reunited. Don’t back down!
Here is what Gatsas tried to do: While
the federal government has authority over resettlements regardless of the
objections of states, governors can try to block funding for nongovernmental
agencies involved in the resettlement process in an attempt to make the process
difficult. That is what Gatsas
tried to do as Manchester’s mayor in 2011.
He said Tuesday that as mayor, he “repeatedly
asked for more transparency when it comes to the refugee resettlement process
and asked for a temporary moratorium so Manchester could sufficiently meet the
needs of our current refugee population.”
In 2011, Gatsas asked the state’s Executive Council to vote against
contracts to provide funding to nonprofit groups who work with refugees in the
state. That request came after the
federal government refused his request for a two-year moratorium on new refugee
settlements in Manchester.
Don’t expect anyone in the Bush family
orbit—like Sununu—to question any federal immigration program!
But the council
refused Gatsas’ request and unanimously voted to approve the contracts. Gatsas noted on
Tuesday that one of his current competitors for the Republican gubernatorial
nomination, Chris Sununu, was among those who voted in favor of the contracts.
Continue
reading here.
2016 is it readers! If there is going to be any reform of (or a
complete halt to) the UN/US State Department Refugee Admissions Program the
groundwork must be laid now! The November election will determine the
future of America!
If you live in NH, and are concerned about how
mass migration is changing your towns and cities, you should be doing all you
can to back Ted Gatsas. And, you should be out at every campaign event you can
find and hammer all of the candidates on this issue. The time has never
been better. They are getting nervous like I have never seen in my nearly
9 years of following this program!
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