[Martin Tell]

Yep, here in Middle TN we are loaded up with Somalis, Kurds, Central Americans, etc. For some reason the State Dept decided we were a great region to dump refugees. It goes back to the time of the Boat People; we got a lot of Laotians at time.

Some of these folks are fine; our next door neighbor is Nashville policeman who is second-generation Nashville-Laotion. A lot of these refugee groups formed mafia-style gangs, however.

A couple of years ago, ICE raided Tyson Foods in Shelbyville and kicked out a bunch of illegal Mexicans. Tysons promptly replaced them with Somalis. They are all Moslems and voted to have end of Ramadan as a holiday rather than Labor Day. They may be "legal," but I preferred the Mexicans.

[OddLane]

Yeah, Don Barnett explained how problematic the Kurdish refugees were in a speech to the Penn Club at the beginning of the year.

The worst part is that the places where these people are being dropped have no input into the decision.

[TheBattman]

For some reason the State Dept decided we were a great region to dump refugees.

What exactly gives the State Department that right?