Refugee Resettlement Watch - Oregon: “Domestic partner” of Democrat governor admits to sham marriage to Ethiopian - "Just for your information, we have tens of thousands of Ethiopians now in the US through refugee resettlement. In fact the Director of the entire federal Office of Refugee Resettlement is Ethiopian Eskinder Negash."

Oregon: “Domestic partner” of Democrat governor admits to sham marriage to Ethiopian

Ethiopia--Oregon's future?

This isn’t a refugee story, but it does involve one of our favored refugee nationalities—an Ethiopian—who paid the now “fiancée” of Gov. John Kitzhaber $5000 more than a decade ago to marry him to gain US citizenship.

Just for your information, we have tens of thousands of Ethiopians now in the US through refugee resettlement.  In fact the Director of the entire federal Office of Refugee Resettlement is Ethiopian Eskinder Negash.  Additionally one of the nine major federal refugee contractors is the Ethiopian Community Development Council.

Here is the juicy news from KATU.com (hat tip: Cathy):

PORTLAND, Ore. – In a stunning admission Thursday, Gov. John Kitzhaber’s fiancée Cylvia Hayes admitted to illegally marrying an Ethiopian immigrant in the late 1990s for money and so he could stay in the United States to get a college degree. ...

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