New Mexico: Lutheran resettlement contractor puts brakes on new Sante Fe refugee program
Posted by Ann Corcoran on December 23, 2016
With Trump win, Santa Fe’s refugee program on hold
(Albuquerque Journal headline)
Hurrah! We found another*** of the supposedly 47 sites the Obama Administration has (secretly!) approved or was working on approving for the massive numbers of refugees they expected to resettle had Hillary won the election rather than Donald Trump.
Here is the sad tale from Sante Fe (a city yearning for more diversity). After an initial heartwarming intro:
In less than a year – and largely through the efforts of Santa Fe’s faith communities – what snowballed into a group calling themselves Welcoming Santa Fe were able to get the city designated a refugee resettlement site by the U.S. State Department.
https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/2016/12/23/new-mexico-lutheran-resettlement-contractor-puts-brakes-on-new-sante-fe-refugee-program/
