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This U.S. city has more Syrian refugees than New York and LA combined [ Boise, Idaho ]
McClatchy DC ^ | September 16, 2016 | Rob Hotakainen

Posted on 09/21/2016 7:12:35 PM PDT by george76

Despite resistance by Idaho’s top political leaders, 118 Syrian refugees have moved to the Gem State since last Oct. 1, all of them settling in Boise, according to new data from the State Department.

Compared with larger cities, Boise took in a disproportionate share, accepting more than twice as many refugees as New York, with 9, and Los Angeles, with 45, combined.

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Overall, the United States had admitted 11,469 Syrian refugees as of Sept. 9,

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no state took in more Syrian refugees than California, with 1,300. San Diego accepted more than half of them, or 690, while Sacramento ranked second among cities, with 240.

In Idaho, Syrians make up more than 11 percent of the 1,048 refugees who’ve moved to the state from all countries this fiscal year.

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Idaho Republican Gov. Butch Otter wrote a letter to the resident, saying the program needed review and that “frustration with the federal immigration and refugee program runs high” in his state.

Otter won unanimous backing from Idaho’s all-Republican congressional delegation, with Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch and Reps. Mike Simpson and Raul Labrador calling for suspending the program.

Crapo said he had strong concerns about vetting, while Risch said he had serious reservations about safety guarantees. Neither has changed his mind since last fall,

The real problem is the American people have lost confidence in this administration’s ability to keep us safe

(Excerpt) Read more at mcclatchydc.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Syria; US: California; US: Georgia; US: Idaho; US: New York
KEYWORDS: boise; chobani; chobaniyougurt; idaho; redstates; refugeeresettlement; refugees; syrian; syrianrefugees; yougurt
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1 posted on 09/21/2016 7:12:36 PM PDT by george76
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LIB asshats are doing their best to place anti-Americans into those areas that are Pro-American. Traitors.


2 posted on 09/21/2016 7:14:10 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?.)
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To: george76

Taxpayers have no say. Elitists make the decisions.


3 posted on 09/21/2016 7:14:16 PM PDT by Klemper (i)
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Transfer all refugees to Washington, DC.


4 posted on 09/21/2016 7:15:40 PM PDT by Klemper (i)
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That is the left’s plan, take these Jihadists, place them in Republican states, so red states become blue states..its the plan of Soros and the rest of them


5 posted on 09/21/2016 7:15:48 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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Somalis in Minnepolis, Syrians in Boise. Obama’s plan to change america.


6 posted on 09/21/2016 7:17:49 PM PDT by morphing libertarian (Proudly deplorable since 2016)
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To: Klemper

I would buy them all a bus ticket on greyhound to the Capitol..and call 1600 Pennsylvania Ave and have them take them in for the night.


7 posted on 09/21/2016 7:18:41 PM PDT by rovenstinez
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To: Sarah Barracuda

bingo


8 posted on 09/21/2016 7:18:53 PM PDT by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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Compared with larger cities, Boise took in a disproportionate share, accepting more than twice as many refugees as New York, with 9, and Los Angeles, with 45, combined.

"accepting"

9 posted on 09/21/2016 7:20:02 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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I can’t believe Republican Governors like Butch Otter can’t keep Obama from forcing these refugee populations on his state.


10 posted on 09/21/2016 7:22:20 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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Drudge had an article about a little town in Georgia, population 6000 or so, same thing. That article specifically noted that very few “refugees” are being moved to cities, which, as somebody else noted, is not where they are “needed” to change votes from R to D.


11 posted on 09/21/2016 7:22:24 PM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten percent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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Hypothetically, what if entire families of refugees were to “disappear”?

Maybe they disappear on their own or maybe some locals decide to disappear them. We don’t know. Does the federal government somehow track them? Are they free to move about the country and live wherever they want? Are they required to stay in the community in which they were settled for any particular amount of time? Who owns the homes they live in? Do the taxpayers have a right to demand these and other answers?


12 posted on 09/21/2016 7:24:50 PM PDT by Two Kids' Dad (((( Hillary Clinton is a felon. As yet unindicted, but a felon nonetheless ))))
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Stone Mountain, GA has taken in 1299 refugees since October, of which 72 are Syrian. The population of the town is just over 6,000. Wonder what life is like there?


13 posted on 09/21/2016 7:25:37 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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Stone Mountain, GA.


14 posted on 09/21/2016 7:26:58 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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Stop with the letters, for God’s sake! Just tell the Feds to pound sand and not accept any federal dollars. States created the federal government not the other way around


15 posted on 09/21/2016 7:28:58 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (TRUMP THAT BEYOTCH!)
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These people are plants or they will be killed if they don’t agree....and they know it.

Anyone in our unconstitutional “system”—HAS to go with the FEDERAL PLAN (of annihilation)-—or they are destroyed by Soros money going to all the MSM and organizations that will be released on the governors who won’t obey.

They are COMMANDED to take them.

BTW, wasn’t Idaho the place where MSM covered-up the crime where the little 5 year old girl was stripped and molested—peed on, and in the mouth, by 3 muslim “youths”?

We should try Obama for Treason once he is thrown out of office. What evil, vile satanic people, he and hillary are. They love satanic muslims.


16 posted on 09/21/2016 7:30:36 PM PDT by savagesusie (When Law ceases to be Just, it ceases to be Law. (Thomas A./Founders/John Marshall)/Nuremberg)
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<< BTW, wasn’t Idaho the place where MSM covered-up the crime where the little 5 year old girl was stripped and molested—peed on, and in the mouth, by 3 muslim “youths”? >>

Yes, Twin Falls.


17 posted on 09/21/2016 7:40:00 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: george76

DC versus America.

Agsin.


18 posted on 09/21/2016 7:47:14 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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That Governor puke probably got his 30 pieces of silver by letting them in in the first place and now he’s running scared because the populace is pissed. The voters are going to take it out of him and his fellow travelers in the next election. He’s gone.

Violence is going to be popping up all over this country and it won’t be pretty.


19 posted on 09/21/2016 7:52:19 PM PDT by WMarshal (Trump 2016)
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To: Klemper

No colonization without representation.


20 posted on 09/21/2016 7:53:08 PM PDT by WMarshal (Trump 2016)
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