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Vermont Residents Don’t Want To ‘Foot The Bill’ For Syrian Refugees
The Daily Caller News Foundation ^ | January 2, 2017 | Saagar Enjeti

Posted on 01/02/2017 10:04:02 AM PST by kevcol

Some small-town residents of Rutland, Vt. are upset at their mayor’s decision to resettle 100 Syrian refugees throughout 2017 in the area.

Rutland Mayor Christopher Louras defended his decision, saying the town’s demographics are declining, and they are having trouble recruiting younger workers. He also thinks refugees will bring cultural diversity.
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Louras’s decision sparked outrage among some residents who say they had little say in the mayor’s decision, which would effect them all.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycallernewsfoundation.org ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Syria; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: islam; muslims; refugeeresettlement; refugees; rutlandvt; syriarefugees; vermont
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To: kevcol

Idiot ALERT! Time to hang another mayor!


61 posted on 01/02/2017 11:28:37 AM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: kevcol

Remember, only about 10% of muslims have violent intentions. Let’s see, looking at your picture...


62 posted on 01/02/2017 11:28:48 AM PST by Chaguito
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French Terrorism Suspects Appeared Anything But
New York Times | December 14, 2016 | ADAM NOSSITER / FR Posted by reaganaut1

STRASBOURG, France — One was a well-liked elementary school assistant. Another was a hard-working cargo handler. The third was a friendly grocer. They were longtime friends in their quiet suburban neighborhood, and they joked with teenagers and greeted children with a smile. Yet in the early hours of Nov. 20 agents from France’s internal security agency swooped down, plucking the three and one other from their apartments, charging them with plotting a terrorist attack, and locking them up in a prison outside Paris. Here was a new type of terrorism arrest: decently paid men in their 30s giving no warning signs of radicalization — no beards, no robes, no proselytizing.

And unlike many troubled youths in Paris and Brussels who have latched onto the Islamic State, they did not live on the margins. They had stable jobs and no previous brushes with drugs or crime. It is their sheer normalcy that has had a thoroughly unsettling effect on the authorities and residents alike. “Nobody saw anything,” said Olivier Bitz, Strasbourg’s deputy mayor in charge of counter-radicalization. “And that is profoundly disconcerting. It is profoundly destabilizing for society. Now, the threat can come from anywhere.” “It calls for heightened vigilance,” Mr. Bitz added. “These are not people who are outside French society.”

In the days that followed the arrests, French authorities congratulated themselves on nipping in the bud what they called a “deadly” plot. The men were set to “go into action imminently,” François Molins, France’s chief terrorism prosecutor, said in Paris soon after the arrests. “The Strasbourg cell had instructions to get weapons, given by a commander in the Iraq-Syria zone,” Mr. Molins said, adding that weapons and pledges of allegiance to ISIS were found in searches. (Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...

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THIS IS THE MUSLIM DOCTRINE OF TAQIYYA UP CLOSE: LIE TO ALL CHRISTIANS (AND INFIDELS)

Taqiyya is practiced once they are allowed into a country (feigning refugee status).

<><> (a) Muslim refugees have pretended to convert to Christianity;

<><>(b) an Islamic gunman gained entrance to a church by feigning interest in Christian prayers.

Examples abound on a daily basis.

In Turkey, to get close enough to a Christian pastor to assassinate him, a group of Muslims including three women feigned interest in Christianity, attended his church for over a year, and even participated in baptism ceremonies.

Said the pastor: "These Muslim people had infiltrated our church and collected information about me, my family and the church and were preparing an attack against us."

" Two of the Muslims attended our church for over a year. They acted like family."

63 posted on 01/02/2017 11:30:12 AM PST by Liz (The Clintons' embracing humanitarian relief is like the Sopranos' embracing waste mgmt.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

>>are commanded by their prophet in their book to keep it up until EVERYONE submits or dies?

You can’t convince them that peace in Islam means that everyone has submitted to Islamic rule. Most of them truly believe that the “Christian theocracy” that they believe Pence wants to create is worse than Sharia.


64 posted on 01/02/2017 11:36:06 AM PST by Bryanw92 (If we had some ham, we could have ham and eggs, if we had some eggs.)
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To: kevcol
He also thinks refugees will bring cultural diversity.


He says that like it's a good thing.

Diversity DESTROYS Social Cohesion

65 posted on 01/02/2017 11:42:24 AM PST by Albion Wilde ("Americanism, not globalism, will be our credo."--Donald Trump)
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To: Beautiful_Gracious_Skies

I lived there for three years from 2006 on. Enjoyed the Inland Empire and met some wonderful people whose energy and willingness to defend the USA prevents me from ever joining the call to wall California off.

While the nastiest of the nasties live in and rule California there are still good people there who won’t back down.


66 posted on 01/02/2017 11:42:49 AM PST by MurrietaMadman
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To: kevcol

Regarding that Mayor, seek all his private and personal money connections to he and his family. I bet nearly 100% that you will find the Mayor benefitted by money, a future position or lucrative contract in exchange for not looking after his city’s interest.


67 posted on 01/02/2017 11:46:14 AM PST by A CA Guy (God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women.)
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To: Liz

DHS’s so dreadful... kind of like the UN. The underlying idea was great - the follow through is a nightmare.


68 posted on 01/02/2017 11:46:37 AM PST by GOPJ (ObamaCare Motto: "If You Like Your Doctor, Maybe You'll Like Your New Doctor" - Dave Barry)
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To: All

breitbart.com

In October, Breitbart News reported that 476 cases of active TB among refugees have been reported in the fifteen states that made that data available. Thirty-five states did not make the data available, even though they had apparently reported it to the CDC:

At least eight cases of active TB were diagnosed among refugees upon their arrival in Minnesota in 2015, bringing the total number of cases of active TB among refugees in Minnesota over the past six years to at least 304. That also increases the number of active TB cases diagnosed among refugees over the past six years in the fifteen states in which Breitbart News has been able to obtain data to 476, broken down as follows:

Minnesota (304), Wisconsin (27), Nebraska (21), Louisiana (21), Michigan (19), Vermont (17), Colorado (16), Florida (11), Ohio (11 in one county), Idaho (7), Kentucky (9 in one county), North Dakota (4 in one county), Indiana (4), California (3), and Tennessee, where two refugees have been diagnosed with the very dangerous, multi-drug resistant (MDR) TB.

Until Breitbart News discovered the public, but effectively hidden, CDC reports, the scale of the TB problem among refugees was underreported by more than 1,000 cases over recent years – off by a factor of more than three.

The number of refugees resettled annually in the United States increased from 58,238 in FY 2012 to 69,933 in FY 2015, according to the Office of Refugee Resettlement.

The number of refugees resettled in FY 2016 increased to 84,995, according to the Department of State’s interactive website. During the first three months of FY 2017, the number of refugees resettled in the country increased to 25,671, almost double the 13,791 resettled during the first three months of FY 2016.

The increase in the number of refugees diagnosed with active TB from 358 in 2012 to 409 in 2015 was partially responsible for the increase in the total number of foreign-born cases of active TB increased from 6,274 to 6,350 during those four years.

http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/01/02/1565-refugees-diagnosed-active-tb-2012-three-times-more-reported/


69 posted on 01/02/2017 11:47:17 AM PST by Liz (The Clintons' embracing humanitarian relief is like the Sopranos' embracing waste mgmt.)
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To: kevcol

“Rutland Mayor Christopher Louras ... also thinks refugees will bring cultural diversity.”

I think it’s safe to say the Mayor is right on this one. How do you like your “diversity”, Mayor—blown to smithereens by a suicide vest or your throat cut?


70 posted on 01/02/2017 11:55:34 AM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: Liz
THIS IS THE MUSLIM DOCTRINE OF TAQIYYA UP CLOSE: LIE TO ALL CHRISTIANS (AND INFIDELS)

A fine example of what to expect...

At about 2 minute mark a somalian migrant runs down a camera man from Sweden's version of 60 Minutes but the real SHTF starting point for the crew happens a few minutes later after the police leave.

Sweden: Somali Migrants Attack Australian 60 Minutes News Crew

71 posted on 01/02/2017 12:15:08 PM PST by MurrietaMadman
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To: MurrietaMadman

OMG——shows what these parasitic animals are capable of.


72 posted on 01/02/2017 12:28:31 PM PST by Liz (The Clintons' embracing humanitarian relief is like the Sopranos' embracing waste mgmt.)
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Invading Refugees scam German aid program for millions;
Apply for aid with ‘up to 12’ fake IDs
RT ^ | 2 Jan, 2017 / FR Posted by Mount Athos

A special commission in the northern German city of Braunschweig will investigate over 300 cases of fraud committed by asylum applicants, who gamed the welfare system by using multiple IDs to claim benefits – and that may just be the tip of the iceberg.

The estimated total loss of taxpayer money in the state of Lower Saxony alone has been put at three to five million euros ($3.2-5.3 million), Regional German broadcaster NDR reported.

In the majority of cases, the scheme was employed by Sudanese refugees who were applying for benefits within the social welfare system, the head of the newly established investigative commission, Joern Memenga, said, as cited by Deutsche Welle.

The scammers allegedly took advantage of the extreme workload the civil servants who were registering the applications were under in the summer of 2015, at the peak of the European migrant crisis.l

“At that point, we wanted to avoid one thing – homelessness,” Memenga said, adding that in some cases the same employees had registered more than one alias per applicant.

The welfare claimants would simply change their appearance to receive additional documents from unsuspecting social service workers. The not so sophisticated con met few road bumps, as the refugees did not have to give their fingerprints and, since they had no documents, were identified only from photographs.

“Sometimes just growing a beard, or putting on a pair of glasses, having shorter hair, but always different surnames,” Memenga said, as cited by DPA.

The system was also susceptible to rigging because the civil servants did not have time to sift through all of the applications processed at other municipalities in Lower Saxony, so the same asylum seeker could collect money from different places.

Eventually, one of the employees noticed that some of men in the photos look strikingly similar and sounded the alarm, reporting his suspicions to the police, regional broadcaster NRP, which broke the story, reported.

In one of the most extreme cases uncovered so far, one man was able to bamboozle the state to the tune of tens of thousands of euros using twelve fake identities.

“Our crassest case has twelve alias-personalities. Damage: 45,000 euros, at least,” Memenga said, as cited by NRP.

Pursuant to the Asylum Seekers Act, every asylum seeker is entitled to €135 of so-called pocket money and €216 per month to cover basic needs, if the asylum seekers are not on complete state provision.

“Excluding the cost of electricity, you reach about 320 to 350 euros per alias identity and person,” Memenga said. It is estimated that a ‘refugee’ with three to four identities could have drained an extra 5,000 to 10,000 euros from the state coffers.

Though the fraud has now been exposed, the suspects may not face charges due to legal difficulties, as in most cases they used fake names and addresses.

“Without a place of residence, no legal hearing and no service of an accusation [is possible],” Julia Meyer of Braunschweig public prosecutor’s office told NRP.

“By the time their cover is blown, they have mostly moved on already,” Meyaer added, as cited by DPA.


73 posted on 01/02/2017 12:32:50 PM PST by Liz (The Clintons' embracing humanitarian relief is like the Sopranos' embracing waste mgmt.)
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To: kevcol

What’s the mayor’s personal payoff?


74 posted on 01/02/2017 12:35:57 PM PST by FrdmLvr ("A is A. A thing is what it is.)
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To: MurrietaMadman

Hilarious

Stone Age troglodytes meet the 20th century

What a great asset to our societies to “welcome” these throwbacks here


75 posted on 01/02/2017 12:43:22 PM PST by Regulator
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To: kevcol

I was born in Vermont. Live in Alaska now but I still own a nice piece of property in the Northeast Kingdom. Almost forty acres with pasture and woods; 1000 feet of river frontage, located on a dirt road that is kept clear in winter. Trout fishing and deer hunting right on the property. Just five miles from a major ski area. I always hoped to go back one day to build a small cottage and live out my retirement.

But over the years the state has changed. I much prefer Alaska now and had almost decided to sell the land.

I will be calling the real estate agent tomorrow.


76 posted on 01/02/2017 12:48:00 PM PST by Chuckster ("Them Rag Heads just ain't rational" Curly Bartley 1973)
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To: Liz
shows what these parasitic animals are capable of.

In my best Groucho voice... Speaking of parasites!

My FOIA request asked the State of Michigan to:

Please provide:

Summary reports of agreements with any organization licensed to handle the entry of refugees and settlement of refugees into resettlement areas of Michigan and who will act in any role such as guardian, protector, advisor, chaperon, sentry or warden or any other official designation used by the United States Government or the State of Michigan Governments or any foreign government.

Also,

Summary reports of any Refugee Services health screening records for the federal government declared refugees being placed in the resettlement areas of Michigan by County. Please include country of origin, age, sex, religion, and health issues pertaining to communicable diseases and the medical facilities, if any, designated to treat any health issues that may be introduced into the State of Michigan that could impact its citizens.

Also,

Summary reports of Refugee Services plans for the education of the federal government declared refugees and details of how the cut off age of public school eligible children is determined and their placement within the existing class structure.

Here’s their answer:

The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) has received your request for public records and has processed it under the provisions of the Michigan Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 et seq. Because of the nature of your request it was sent to the Bureau of Community and Health Systems (BCHS) and Corporations, Securities, and Commercial Licensing Bureau (CSCL) to search for any non-exempt records that may be responsive to your request.

Your request has been denied. Please see comments below.

Comments:

To the best of the LARA’s BCHS’ and CSCL’s knowledge, information, and belief, under the information provided by you or by any other description reasonably known to BCHS, the public records do not exist(MCL 15.235(5)(b))…

A few days later Breitbart published this: http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/09/16/nineteen-refugees-diagnosed-with-active-tuberculosis-in-michigan/

So much for sharing honestly.

77 posted on 01/02/2017 12:56:19 PM PST by MurrietaMadman
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To: MurrietaMadman

CALL YOUR CONGRESSMAN TO GET THE INFO FOR YOU


78 posted on 01/02/2017 1:01:47 PM PST by Liz (The Clintons' embracing humanitarian relief is like the Sopranos' embracing waste mgmt.)
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To: MurrietaMadman

That’s great, it’s a beautiful place. Keep up the good fight and stand your ground!


79 posted on 01/02/2017 1:13:53 PM PST by Beautiful_Gracious_Skies ('45 will be the best ever.)
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To: Regulator
Stone Age troglodytes meet the 20th century

You nailed it. The only thing they are here for is to contribute to our third world qualification.

80 posted on 01/02/2017 1:25:08 PM PST by MurrietaMadman
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