Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society urges followers to
take to the streets in wake of Supreme Court decision, by Ann
Corcoran 6/27/18.
The Trump Administration has been an unrelenting 17 month assault against America’s values as a nation welcoming of immigrants and refugees.
You
all know what happened in the Supreme Court yesterday. In a nutshell, the
court affirmed that the President of the US has the power to limit immigration.
However,
the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society one of the primary groups that
sued the Administration from day one about the so-called Muslim ban isn’t
giving up and is urging its followers to participate in anti-Trump rallies
coordinated by Linda Sarsour’s group MPower!
That is HIAS ‘Refugees Welcome’ banner
as they protested with the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) against
the President in January of this year.
Sure,
they should have free speech, but not on the taxpayer’s dime! The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) is one of nine federal contractors that the feds pay to
place refugees in your towns and cities and it has been my contention that
federal refugee contractors should be constrained, maybe not by law, but they
should at least use good judgement and refrain from virulent name-calling and
public protests against those who pay their salaries—us!
Of
course Congress could cut them off the federal gravy train!
Here
is what Mark Hetfield, CEO of HIAS, said in an e-mail alert to followers
yesterday: (Since that is a screenshot above, the links are not hot.) I wanted
to know who was organizing the rallies. It is MPower Change—Muslim
Grassroots Movement headed by Linda Sarsour!
Here
is their rally
schedule, most were
yesterday. Did you even see any where you live?
And
this is Mark Hetfield’s comment on the decision:
“The Muslim Ban is not simply an exercise in executive authority, it’s
the Trump Administration’s official license to discriminate on the basis of
religion and nationality.
HIAS is disappointed in the Supreme Court’s affirmation of these
policies of religious discrimination, fear and tribalism, which have permeated
nearly every aspect of America’s tradition of welcome. From the crackdown on people
legally seeking asylum to the dramatic diminishment of the life-saving refugee
resettlement program, the
Trump Administration has been an unrelenting 17 month assault against America’s
values as a nation welcoming of immigrants and refugees.
“As one of the first organizations to challenge the refugee and Muslim
bans in court last year, HIAS will continue to work with local
partners and the Jewish community to uphold the legacy of what America can and
should be as a country.
Together, we will continue fighting to ensure that this period is
merely another short, dark chapter temporarily interrupting America’s history as a nation that accepts people without judging them by
faith or national origin. HIAS and the American Jewish community have seen such
discrimination trap members of our own community, and we will not stand by
silently as it happens to others.”
The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society would be a mere shell of its former self if its federal
funding dried up.
From HIAS 2016 Form 990: shows that HIAS received $24.5 million
in 2016 from the US government. HIAS recieves 59% of its revenue from you, the
taxpayer!
It
is maddening to consider that we pay a large portion of these salaries! (Not as
bad as Southwest Key
or the International Rescue Committee, but still outrageous considering
this bunch below are in-your-face political agitators working with Islamic
supremacists like Sarsour!).
Form
990 - 2016 Chart shows salaries for 10 HIAS officers range from $144,000 to
$316,500.
Doing well by doing good! Go here to see if HIAS is placing refugees
where you live.
Norb Leahy, Dunwoody
GA Tea Party Leader
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