Obama Welcomes 80,000 Muslim Refugees into America ---- who has the official capacity to import refugees? The POTUS? If so, that ability should be eliminated. The USA is not a refugee dumping ground or a charity organization.
On Jun 5, 5:19 pm, Travis <[email protected]> wrote: > Should read 80,000 potential muzzie terrorists. > > <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/eowyn2/> We're Broke, But > Obama Welcomes 80,000 Muslim Refugees into > America<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/were-broke-but-obam...> > *Eowyn <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/author/eowyn2/>* | June 5, > 2011 at 2:24 pm | Tags: Act for > America<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=act-for-america>, > Governor Bill > Haslam<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=governor-bill-haslam>, > immigration <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=immigration>, > Muslims <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=muslims>, > Obama<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=obama>, > Office of Refugee > Resettlement<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=office-of-refugee-resettl...>, > Somalia <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=somalia>, > Tennessee<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?tag=tennessee>| > Categories: Culture > War <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=20812>, > Economy<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=17656840>, > Islam <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=420>, > Taxes<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=34919470>, > United States <http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/?cat=5850> | > URL:http://wp.me/pKuKY-7kR > > We're up to our eyeballs in debt. America's national debt is at least $14.38 > trillion. The plain truth is that our country is broke. > > As Christians, we are exhorted to "love our neighbors." But if we ourselves > are broke, should we take in our "neighbors" from across the world? But > that's exactly what the federal government has been doing, "resettling" tens > of thousands of mainly Muslim refugees, many from Africa's > Somalia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somalia>, > into the United States in the past few years. > > The refugee resettlement is a federal government policy decision. Alas, that > decision places great strains on local and state governments because it is > they who bear the costs when those refugees are "resettled" in their > communities. > > Now, Paul L. Williams of the Last Crusade alerts us to Obama exacerbating > the problem with his plan to let in some 80,000 mainly Muslim refugees this > year<http://www.uncoverage.net/2010/10/obama-to-allow-80000-muslim-refugee...> > . > > In a determination letter to Congress, Obama announced that he will allow an > additional 80,000 immigrants – mostly from Islamic countries in the Near (or > Mid) East, South Asia, and Africa – to resettle in the United States during > fiscal year 2011. Those 80,000 refugee immigrants are from the following > places: > > Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15,000 > East Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19,000 > Europe and Central Asia . . . . . . . . . . 2,000 > Latin America/Caribbean. . . . . . . . . . . 5,500 > Near East/South Asia. . . . . . . . . . . 35,500 > Unallocated Reserve . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,000 > > Refugee Resettlement Watch > <http://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/>and other > organizations have expressed grave concern that Obama is allowing > so many immigrants into the country while so many Americans remain out of > work and living in poverty. Here are some grim statistics: > > - According to the US Department of Labor, 14.8 million Americans remain > unemployed. 6.1 million have been out of work for 27 weeks or over. > - The U. S. Census Bureau shows that the median household income for > Americans has fallen to $49,777 – a decline of 0.7% in the past year. > - One in seven Americans depend on food > stamps.<http://newsofthenorth.net/article/Top_Stories/Regional_State_Top_Stor...> > - According to The Wall Street Journal, 14.3% of the American people live > in abject poverty. > > Obama says that the resettlement of refugees “is justified by humanitarian > concerns or is otherwise in the national interest.” A refugee is defined by > the US Department of Immigration and Naturalization as someone who has left > his/her country due to persecution or a fear of persecution. However, the > definition of refugee is ‘fudged’ in several cases. “Refugees” who have not > left their country due to persecution, according to Obama’s determination > letter, can still be called “refugees” if they are from Iraq, one of the > Islamic countries of the former Soviet Union, or Cuba. > > According to Section 413 (a) of the Immigration and Nationalities Act, the > Office of Refugee Resettlement is required to submit an annual report to > Congress on the activities of the refugees. The report is supposed to > include the number who are on public welfare programs. But the Office of > Refugee Resettlement has not issued a report since 2007. > > But the American people are not helpless in the face of Obama's "largesse" > on our collective behalf. > > Act for America <http://www.actforamerica.org/>, a grassroots citizen action > network based in Pensacola, Florida, has been in the forefront on this > issue. > > Tennessee has been particularly hard-hit by this avalanche of refugees. So > two dedicated ACT! for America members in Tennessee crafted a bill to > strengthen the state and local governments’ role in the refugee resettlement > process. The bill recently passed both houses of the Tennessee legislature > and was signed into law by Governor Bill Haslam (R). > > Tennessee's new law gives local governments a much stronger voice in the > refugee resettlement process by requiring that local governments must be > consulted as to their ability to “absorb” refugees before commitments to > settle refugees can be made. “Absorb” refers to the ability of a local > community to handle the housing, education and other needs of incoming > refugees. > > Thank our Founding Fathers for fashioning the new American Republic as a > federation, instead of a unitary state where the central or national > government holds all the power. > > H/t beloved fellow Tina. > > *~Eowyn* > > Add a comment to this > post<http://fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/were-broke-but-obam...> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/fellowshipofminds.wordpress...> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/fellowshipofminds.wordpres...> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/fellowshipofminds.wordpress...> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/fellowshipofminds.wordpress....> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/fellowshipofminds.wordpress....> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/fellowshipofminds.wordpress.com...> > <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/fellowshipofminds.wordpress.c...> > > [image: WordPress] > > WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com/> | Thanks for flying with WordPress! > Manage > Subscriptions<http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=5d39acfd19218362d540a3fc3dc3315d&;...>| > Unsubscribe<http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=5d39acfd19218362d540a3fc3dc3315d&;...>| > Reach > out to your own subscribers with > WordPress.com.<http://wordpress.com/signup/?ref=email> > > *Trouble clicking? 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