In its on-going series on the employment picture in various US states, the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) this past week released its finding from New Hampshire. See also reports on Tennessee, Florida, North Carolina and Georgia.
Readers here know that New Hampshire is being inundated with refugees and for several years now the mayor of Manchester has begged for a moratoriumon further resettlement, but to no avail.
Nashua, NH mayor: Sure! Bring in more immigrant labor to compete with New Hampshire natives!http://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2014/10/22/nashua-nh-to-take-150-new-refugees-this-year-contact-the-mayor/
If (if?) the contractors have slowed the flow to that city they have found other places such as newly “welcoming” Nashua (see our post here late last month) to send them because, once they have set up shop in a state, they have investments in office space and staff they want to protect and thus need the federal cash to keep operations running in high gear.
And, as they bring in the family members of the original “seed community” they want to place them near to their relatives.
Dover, NH, another pocket of resistance!
Also, if you are a new reader, you might be interested to see that the contractors attempted to move into Dover and some other smaller cities this year, but were thwarted when elected officials there had the good sense to ask for a plan from the federally contracted agencies that would be dropping-off the refugees. See posts on Dover, here.
Here is the latest finding from CIS. 71% of the increase in the number of working-age people holding jobs went to immigrants! ...
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