US refugee resettlement contractors surviving for
now on “leftover” federal dollars, by Ann Corcoran, 10/23/18.
We
reported recently that the nine federally-funded non-profit groups that have
monopolized all resettlement in the US for the last decade (some of them for
three decades) will see their numbers diminished as the President continues
reducing refugee resettlement.
By
becoming almost completely dependent on federal dollars, they built a house of cards.
Love it when I see stories about the IRC
crying over its loss of federal boodle. I can tell readers again that its CEO, British
national David Miliband, pulls in a cool nearly $700,000 annual salary.
Here in Manhattan where they are headquartered. Is this socialist sharing his
good fortune with employees who are let go?
In this post two
days ago we reported that two so-called VOLAGS would likely not receive
contracts. I expect the reporter got it wrong when he suggested as many
as seven could be booted off the federal gravy train.
Another
story designed to tug on your heartstrings, this time from San Diego, wasn’t
really worth posting except for a few paragraphs deep within the story.
From The San Diego Union-Tribune: With fewer refugees coming,
resettlement agencies may be forced to close
The
International Rescue Committee was able to reunite at least one person —
a Rohingya refugee fleeing
Myanmar — with family here, according to Duvin [Donna Duvin, executive director of the International Rescue Committee
in San Diego.—ed]
The agency also began receiving refugees being held by Australia on
Nauru Island. [This was a bit of useful news.
We wondered where they might be going—ed] The process, based
on an agreement the U.S. made with Australia before Trump took office, has been
slow, Duvin said, but she was happy that some were making it through.
Resettlement
agencies like Jewish Family Service and International Rescue Committee have had
to restructure their programs because of the lower numbers of arrivals. When
staff positions fell vacant, they often went unfilled. Those who remained
shifted to providing longer-term services to refugees who had already arrived,
and agencies became
increasingly reliant on private donations to fund their work. [Well, it is about time. It was supposed to be a 50/50
partnership but as you see below here it has become a program almost
exclusively funded by US taxpayers!—ed]
Waiting for the ax to fall!
While resettlement agencies prepare for the possibility of even fewer
arrivals in fiscal 2019, they still don’t know how much money they will receive
to do their work or whether they will be allowed to stay open. Since the Trump
administration is still working out details about the 2019 resettlement
efforts, it has not yet released its budget for the program for this year.
Leftover money! Leftover
money! Your leftover money!
Local resettlement agencies are operating through December with
leftover money from the fiscal 2018 budget because the number of resettled
refugees didn’t reach the 45,000 cap. They have been told that some of the nine
agencies nationwide may be asked to close their doors once the 2019 budget is
finalized.
A
State Department official confirmed that the administration is expecting to
fund a smaller number of resettlement agencies. More here.
Below are the nine federal refugee resettlement contractors.
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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