The United Nations — via the Refugee Resettlement Program — is behind our refugee situation. It’s time to bring this fact “out of the shadows.” Up to 95 percent of the refugees currently present in the U.S. — large numbers from terrorist sponsoring countries — were ordered here by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Then they call for their family members and on it goes.

Another fact: You may be surprised to know that refugees residing in the U.S. are considered “self-sufficient” even if utilizing any of the following: TANF (cash assistance to indigent families with dependent children, i.e., welfare); SSI and or state general assistance programs; Medicaid; food stamps; public housing; Administration on Developmental Disabilities direct services; child care and development fund programs; the Independent Living Program; Job Opportunities for Low Income Individuals; Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program; post-secondary education loans and grants; various refugee assistance programs; Title IV Foster Care and Adoption Assistance payments (if parents are qualified immigrants — refugees, asylees, etc.; Title XX Social Services Block Grant funds.

I ask, would you or I be considered “self-sufficient” if we used any of the above?

Do we want this? Talk to your elected representatives at all levels.

 

Paul Westrum

Albert Lea