Priorities, priorities. Got to bring in these new Democratic party voters, and pronto.
“Washington state to welcome thousands of Afghan refugees despite soaring homeless numbers,” by Ted O’Neil, Just the News, August 27, 2021 (thanks to Henry):
Some 6,000 refugees from Afghanistan could resettle in Washington over the coming weeks and months.
Hundreds of thousands of people are reportedly trying to flee the country as the Taliban reclaims power ahead of President Joe Biden’s planned withdrawal of American troops by the end of the month.
Many of them are interpreters and others who assisted U.S. troops and now fear retribution without protection from the American military. According to the International Rescue Committee, some 300,000 Afghans have been affiliated with U.S. operations in the country since 2001.
Washington’s Office of Refugee and Immigration Assistance said that between 2010 and 2020 about 4,000 Afghan Special Immigrant Visa holders settled in the state. Another 350 were welcomed between late 2020 and the end of July, and another 220 since the beginning of August.
Eight refugee resettlement agencies in Washington are working with state and federal authorities to provide initial services to incoming families. Most refugees are expected to settle in Washington’s larger counties, including King County, where Seattle is located.
These agencies work to provide housing, essential needs, culturally appropriate food, help refugees apply for employment services and social programs, and register children for school.
The federal government’s Refugee Admissions Program pays refugees a one-time payment of $1,200 per family member to help with initial housing costs. Those eligible will also qualify for state-level cash, food and medical programs, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
World Relief Seattle is coordinating donation drives whereby people can drop off care packages at their local city hall. Among the most needed items are toiletries, bedding, towels and kitchenware.
The state Office of Refugee and Immigration Assistance said one major obstacle would be finding both temporary and permanent housing that is affordable. Larger cities like Seattle are known for their lack of affordable housing and a large homeless population. Hotel options are also limited because of the coronavirus pandemic….
TruthWFree says
Yes, Democrat voters. This is TREASON!
Walter Sieruk says
This is a recipe for a jihad catastrophe . This is such a very serious problem for the security and safety of all American citizens who are now living in their Homeland USA.
For among those refugees from Afghanistan there be a number of jihadist “sleepers” just waiting and scheming for the right time and place in an American citiy to carry out mass -murder and destruction of Islam’s violent and deadly jihad.
The most we ,as typical Americans can do is not to live in fear and be afraid to go to different places in do different things in the country but still if something seem or looks wrong then go an inform the police about it .
As it had been said “If you see something , say something.” To put it in another way , the wisdom of Thomas Jefferson does apply now even more than it did in his own time.
Fpr Mr. Jefferson had written “Let the eye of vigilance never be closed.”
Peter35 says
What utter lunacy. Biden must be impeached if the once great U.S.A. is to recover.
Actually, that would take too long; there needs to be a military takeover—minus the idiot Milley, of course.
Wellington says
Both the Left Coast and the East Coast of America serve as the “weakest links” in the greatest polity of all time, i.e., the USA. Minus a few other areas (e.g., Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Phoenix, Austin, Madison/Milwaukee—hey, note the one thing in common?—all are cities and the Jeffersonian in me, which is to say the Reagan in me, since Jeffersonian liberalism and Reaganesque conservatism are essentially the same as anyone who has studied American history diligently knows, the great weakness is surely cities respecting the likelihood of rugged individualism surviving). The rest of America is doing fine.
Respecting the state of Washington specifically, there is something terribly wrong with that state, even going back into the 19th century, what with the Wobblies et al. Even FDR referred to Washington as the “Socialist Republic of Washington.” And those for whom I really feel bad are those who live in the majority of its 39 counties who want nothing to do with such silly counties as King County where Seattle is.
The tyranny of the minority over the majority would not exist if cities had their damn act together better than they do. But they don’t. And they never will.
Thomas Jefferson was correct, avoid cities because they are the breeding ground of filth and pessimism. He saw that the further rise of cities in America would pose a problem to liberty. As usual, he was right on the money. Seattle and Kings County helps to prove his point. So do so many other metropolitan areas where the “sophisticated” reside and who are, actually, the weakest link in the American Republican experiment.
Doubt me? Well then, just look where Lefties and Buttlims congregate. Just look where the evisceration of the Constitution is taking place. Just look where fools aplenty live. Yes, it’s cities and this a major key to understanding so many matters. Guaranteed.
PMK says
Wellington,
It’s not just the coasts and it’s not just the big cities. Cities all over the country are driven to accept refugees for one reason: money. Christian and Jewish charities have worked to settle Muslim refugees in the US for decades, all at taxpayer expense.
Just look at Boise and Twin Falls, Idaho. Thousands of refugees from Iraq, Syria and other countries were settled there in 2015. “Little Mogadishu” and “Little Kabul” are a fact of life in the US. Hamtramck, Michigan has a majority Muslim city council.
The mayor of one city said “diversity” is our birthright. No mention of freedom.
You said the rest of America is doing fine. I’m not so sure. Migrants are being settled in smaller cities all over the country. We are adjusting to them but they don’t return the favor.
The leftists want to force us out of suburbs and rural areas and move us all into the larger cities. Our freedom of movement will be drastically curtailed, if that comes to pass.
You wish the cities would get their act together. I fear they are implementing a well-designed plan and they know exactly what they are doing. Most Americans want to go along to get along. We want to live and let live. We want to accept all newcomers with a spirit of good will. It will be our undoing.
gravenimage says
Sadly true–years ago I *never* would have believed that places like Tennessee, Texas, and Idaho would have a big problem with invading Muslims.
Wellington says
What you say is true, PMK, but the origin of this rot is largely from city-folk who screw up so much. After all, where do the bulk of the harmful buffoons live—in cities.
PMK says
Wellington, you can call them buffoons but I take these progressives seriously. I don’t think they are playing games. They have a real vision and they are serious about implementing it, no matter what the rest of us think. Bill DeBlasio is considered a clown by many New Yorkers but they still voted for him. His screwups have helped to destroy a once-great city Now those who don’t want to live under such a system are voting with their feet. With a depleted tax base, big city mayors need new sources of revenue and so the rest of us are in heir sights.
Wellington says
PMK: I take buffoons seriously too, especially those with power. My overall point remains which is that cities are the breeding ground of the most foolish people. It’s rural folks and small town folks where much more collective wisdom and common sense lie. Like Thomas Jefferson, I am very wary of cities and love that line from the 1956 film, The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, where the judge played by Lee J. Cobb tells the blackmailer in the film to get out of town and when the blackmailer says he’ll go to the city (I believe NYC is meant), the judge replies something to the effect that he’ll be better off there because they’re dumber there.
Ty Ader says
Yes, spot on Wellington, this exists in Canada as well. We have fled greater Vancouver for rural BC for exactly these reasons.
Wellington says
May you and yours live a more relaxed and sane life in rural BC, Ty. The odds are with you.
gravenimage says
Washington state to bring in at least 6,000 Afghan refugees despite soaring homeless numbers
……………..
Madness. And Washington is not the only place–my own state of California, which already has the largest Afghan population in the country just a couple of towns south of where I live, is doing the same:
“California Democrats tell Biden to send Afghan refugees to Golden State”
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/27/california-democrats-tell-biden-to-send-afghan-refugees-to-golden-state/
The San Francisco SUV JIhad killer came from this “community”:
“SF hit-and-run murderer identifies self as terrorist…”
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2006/08/sf-hit-and-run-murderer-identifies-self-as-terrorist-police-say-it-wasnt-terrorism
GreekEmpress says
Yep. My hometown—San Francisco.
Another cesspool thanks to liberal leadership!
gravenimage says
Sadly true, GreekEmpress.
Infidel says
Graven
I remember that incident. Popal had driven all the way from Fremont right up the Nimitz and across the Bay Bridge to San Francisco, where he did his deed
Wonder how Oregon is behind in this race?
gravenimage says
Yes–after running over and murdering a man in Fremont on his way to San Francisco. Popal then headed to a Jewish Community Center on California Street, deliberately hitting people along the way. Ugly, ugly stuff.
livingengine says
“World Relief Seattle is coordinating donation drives whereby people can drop off care packages at their local city hall.”
Yes. This is happening in other U.S. cities like Tampa, and Baltimorewhere Muslim Brotherhood groups like Radiant Hands, and the Islamic Society of Baltimore are assisting in resettling the Afghans.
Radiant Hands is run by Magda Elkadi Saleh, the vice-president of ISNA, the Muslim Brotherhood umbrella group in this country. Radiant Hands also works with Islamic Relief who features radical Muslim speakers like, Omar Abdelkafi – https://youtu.be/Bclrj2vNozw?t=473.
I see a similar situation in Maryland where CAIR is assisting in a donation drive along with the Islamic Society of Baltimore, a notorious mosque. The former imam at ISB was a leader in the Muslim Brotherhood, and went on to form the Dar al Hijrah, another notorious mosque.
livingengine says
CAIR and Radiant Hands in Tampa – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9tuibI3QiI
CAIR and the ISB in Baltimore [see bottom of page] – https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2021/08/23/area-mosques-taking-donations-for-afghan-refugees-arriving-to-the-area/
Infidel says
Silly Dems! I know you’re losing Congressional seats as a result of those 2 state hemorrhaging population, but these ‘refugees’ ain’t gonna be valid voters for you for a while, no matter what changes you make to local election law
One thing about this story: how come Oregon failed to join in this ‘gold’ rush of prospective voters?
livingengine says
Here is the CAIR rep in Washington who can’t decide whether she has vital information or no guidance to give. – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDCnX-SFZY4
What is CAIR doing in Washington state?
Terry K says
On Sept 23, 2016, 20 year old Arcan Cetin shot and killed 4 women and a man at the Macy’s cosmetics counter in Burlington Washington (where I frequently shopped), 2 counties north of King County–where Seattle is located.
The mass shooting was reported as a jihadi attack. Cetin came as a child to Washington state with his family from Turkey.
The local news sensationalized the story for several days until they found out Cetin came from Turkey. Suddenly the media went silent.
BTW: one casualty was a teen who had just finished chemotherapy.
We were told, my county (just north of Seattle) can expect to receive 1200 refugees in the next few weeks.
gravenimage says
Thanks for that grim account, Terry.
RM says
Our own citizens have lost their houses, their jobs, their resources because of the economy and ongoing plandemic. They do NOT get free housing, free food, free medical care, automatic 1% loans to buy homes and start businesses from AIG, etc., etc., etc. They are despised and treated like animals to be routed out and made to move on. Meanwhile, Liberal useful idiots bend over backwards aiding illegal immigrants (criminal trespassers) because they have such funding (other people’s money). Normal immigration in this country requires a sponsor and a guarantee that the immigrants can support themselves. If they go on public assistance, the sponsor has to pay it back, and the immigrants are deported. We need to use government resources for our own citizens, and require illegals to repay every penny of the financial assistance or confiscation of what was purchased with it and deportation.
spiro says
Yet the people who are destroying this county go unchallenged
Elections stolen
Education perverted
Laws ignored or perverted
A political party with no backbone
What’s it going to take to save this country from Islam