Refugee Resettlement Watch - Ann Corcoran: As the Republicans take over, will that change anything about refugee resettlement? - "Remember the Refugee Resettlement program, as we know it ..., has been around for nearly 35 years and has marched on under the radar and unchallenged until recent years. Remember that it was Pres. George W. Bush who presided over the three biggest years in which Somalis (for instance) were admitted to the US."

As the Republicans take over, will that change anything about refugee resettlement?

Remember the Refugee Resettlement program, as we know it (run by federal contractors with vested financial interests in bringing in more and more immigrants), has been around for nearly 35 years and has marched on under the radar and unchallenged until recent years.  Remember that it was Pres. George W. Bush who presided over the three biggest years in which Somalis (for instance) were admitted to the US.

For avid followers of RRW there is (in my view) only one way to slow this program and that is for you to continue to be vocal where you live, demand accountability from all those pushing to overloadyour towns and cities, and continue to develop ‘pockets of resistance’ until the point in time when Washington is forced to listen.

And, then the next step after that is to get the first-ever serious Congressional oversight hearings of the whole original law created by Ted Kennedy and Joe Biden and signed by Jimmy Carter—the Refugee Act of 1980—which has never been thoroughly reviewed with an eye to reform or complete repeal. ...

http://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2014/11/05/as-the-republicans-take-over-will-that-change-anything-about-refugee-resettlement/