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Exclusive: Small Town America Transformed By Somali Migrants
Family security Matters ^ | July 16,2010 | by PAUL L. WILLIAMS, PHD

Posted on 09/14/2015 12:39:39 PM PDT by Hojczyk

This problem is crystallized by the present situation is Lewiston, Maine, where African Muslims, many from the Bantu tribe, began arriving in 2001 at the rate of 100 a month.

Mohammed Maye, the president of the African Community and Refugee Center in Clarkston, Georgia posted a map of Lewiston on the wall of his office. “Go to Maine,” he advised the Somali immigrants. Abdullahi Abdullahi, the president of the Somali Community Development Organization in Clarkston, upheld this advice by telling his fellow countrymen that, unlike Georgia, Maine has terribly cold winters, but “the welfare system is better.”

Lewiston, indeed, was better. The small town in Maine with a population of 30,000 provided welfare to anyone in need, with the state picking up half the tab. Recipients, including the Muslim refugees, were allowed a generous five years of assistance before their benefits became terminated, and extensions for several additional years on the public dole were not difficult to obtain. Single parents could stay on welfare and go to college.

Public housing was also available, although, with the influx of Somalis, the housing projects became packed to capacity. Many of the new project dwellers were single Somali mothers with large broods of children. Those who are unable to obtain public housing were handed Section 8 vouchers, which the federal government provided to subsidize their rent in private apartments.

The newcomers have shown scant interest in securing employment. When Renee Bernier, the president of the Lewiston city council, offered to hire 30 Somalis at the rate of $8 to $10 an hour to hold warning signs at construction sites, few displayed interest. The handful, who did apply, said that they were only willing to work between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

The Somali population of Lewiston now exceeds 40,000.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; US: Georgia; US: Maine
KEYWORDS: africa; africanmuslims; aliens; hijrah; islamic; islamichijrah; lewiston; maine; muslims; welfare
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To: DJ Taylor

...”Will they say, kindness and compassion killed them?”...

No, they’ll compare us to Romes fall for doing the very exact thing here.


41 posted on 09/14/2015 1:58:22 PM PDT by caww (t)
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To: ByteMercenary
Perfect!😁
42 posted on 09/14/2015 1:59:27 PM PDT by uncitizen (i hate gutless people, too.)
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To: Hojczyk

Oh boy!
I can hardly wait to see every other airplane with 5-10 islanimal utes aboard.
Or see herds of 10-20 of them “patronizing” the local mall, Kroger, CVS, Target, etc.
Adios, America, just about covers it.


43 posted on 09/14/2015 2:05:23 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas (No such thing as micromanagement...It's always more like microMISmanagement)
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To: Oldexpat
They all should be sent back to their own country to fight and win their freedom....every able bodied male migrant coming over is a 'coward' running from wars they refuse to fight...note they aren't bringing women either...


44 posted on 09/14/2015 2:06:35 PM PDT by caww (t)
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To: Hojczyk

Let’s round ‘em up and send them to Malibu. They can live in tents on the beach, feel right at home, and mooch off the California lefties. Cape Cod would be good for the same sorts of reasons.


45 posted on 09/14/2015 2:39:01 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: Hojczyk
Every time I see the word Somalia, I think Black Hawk Down. It's all I need know of Somalia and its people. F them all.
46 posted on 09/14/2015 2:40:05 PM PDT by W. (Gun porn. Almost as unacceptable as the real thing!)
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To: VanShuyten
Muslims will attack them here as well....and in the Eu as already reported....heck they had free for all's in Greece ....one tribal people (Arabs) against another (Africans)...so we're simply giving their conflicts a new home....


47 posted on 09/14/2015 2:51:52 PM PDT by caww (t)
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To: W.

me too.....


48 posted on 09/14/2015 2:52:38 PM PDT by caww (t)
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To: henkster

Well said. I feel bad for the Somalis who came here to integrate and instead ended up on the Dem welfare plantation. LBJ converted vast swaths of the middle class and gray headed class to welfare (via Social Security especially) and he did the same for immigrants. The deme are letting in immigrants and keeping them from working and being independent. After a generation or two or one of its a single mom they a permanent Dem voting underclass.


49 posted on 09/14/2015 2:58:17 PM PDT by FreedomNotSafety
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To: caww
"No, they’ll compare us to Romes fall for doing the very exact thing here."

Rome fell when it also became to civilized to do what's necessary to survive in an uncivilized world. When Rome dealt with barbarians as it did with Carthage (killed every man, woman, and child of them), they had peace. It was only when Rome attempted to deal with barbarians using diplomacy and tribute were they defeated.

50 posted on 09/14/2015 2:58:23 PM PDT by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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To: caww

Lightbulb just went on... Somalia/malia/Malia 0bama? Hmmmmmmmmmmm...


51 posted on 09/14/2015 3:38:10 PM PDT by W. (Gun porn. Almost as unacceptable as the real thing!)
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To: Hojczyk

Right now I envy those who live in Alaska.


52 posted on 09/14/2015 3:44:01 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Obama's Iran nuclear deal - The Devil is in the details.)
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To: Hojczyk

This is the muddying of America by the imposter and chief.


53 posted on 09/14/2015 5:56:17 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Hojczyk

At some point we are going to have to start kicking them out. Its going to be bad optics but we will have to do it anyway.


54 posted on 09/14/2015 6:49:39 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Responsibility2nd
Your FIX, looks good GREAT to me! :O)
55 posted on 09/14/2015 11:12:56 PM PDT by Stanwood_Dave ("Testilying." Cop's don't lie, they just Testily{ing} as taught in their respected Police Academy.)
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To: caww

Somalis OWN the parking lot and Garage Parking concessions in every city I’ve been in, the money taker is always Somali. I guess it’s a job that Americans just won’t do!!


56 posted on 09/15/2015 9:15:16 AM PDT by Ann Archy (ABORTION....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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