When will enough be enough?
The United States resettles far more refugees than any nation in the world, not just out of charity but also out of national security concerns, a top State Department official said in Louisville yesterday.
“We do it because it’s the right thing to do, but we also do it because it is in our national interest,” Assistant Secretary of State Ellen R. Sauerbrey said, telling of how many refugees languish for years in crude camps.*
“When you have people in these hopeless situations, this is where terrorism breeds, this is where failed states come from,” she said.
Sauerbrey spoke to a lunchtime gathering of the World Affairs Council of Kentucky/Southern Indiana at the Marriott Louisville Downtown.
The United States resettled about 50,000 refugees from 67 countries in the past year, and 708 of them have come to Louisville, Sauerbrey said.
The country could receive 70,000 or more in the coming year, she said.
She predicted a continued influx of refugees from Myanmar (formerly Burma), including members of the Karen refugee group, of whom more than 200 already have settled in Louisville.
Refugees from the African nations of Burundi and Somalia and from the Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan also are expected in the coming year, both nationally and in Louisville, Sauerbrey said.
She oversees the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration—an agency that deals with those fleeing their countries because of a “well-founded fear of persecution.”
*Then move them into your neighborhood, Madame. Also ship as many as possible to the gated all-white communities where your kind like to live. Send a bunch to stay with the Kennedys, the Bushs, Spielbergs, Sarandons, Sharptons, Foxmans and every other vocal, rich leftist in this country. Cities such as Beverly Hills, Montpelier, San Francisco, Boston and The Hamptons could use some as well. There simply is not enough diversity in those areas. I think it would be a great gesture on the part of the rich white leftists in those areas to throw open their doors and allow all of the refugees possible to start a new life there. Also with as much sadness and heartache as the poor refugees have seen, I don’t think they should work. Considering that the Anti Defamation League rakes in 40 million dollars every year, Abe Foxman and his family could take care of thousands of them for life. This will set a great example for us stupid, backwards xenophobic whites (and Asians) who just don’t appreciate diversity. Show us how it’s done.
Posted by Venom/> at 6:34 PM on December 7 (@ AR)