Do conservatives have a blind spot when it comes to immigration?



In light of the Israel-Hamas war, pro-Palestinian rallies have begun around the globe, including in the U.K.

While Dave Rubin sees pro-Palestinians as supporters of Hamas, Konstantin Kisin of “Triggernometry” doesn’t quite see it that way.

Rather, Kisin believes that in order to understand this conflict and those on the side of Hamas, we have to look at immigration.

“The most extreme Islamists in this country haven’t come in recent years, they’re people who are second and third generation immigrants. Often well educated; often well integrated, they have jobs and they participate in society, they speak good English,” he tells Rubin.

“It’s not just that we have let the wrong people in,” he continues, “it’s also that we have done a terrible job of assimilation and integration.”

However, while Kisin has nailed down what he believes to be the problem, it doesn’t give him any hope.

“I am very naturally optimistic as a human being. When I see this moment I am not optimistic about the future,” he says.

When asking those who are “much smarter” than him how to fix the current issue at hand, “none of them have an answer.”

“The truth is, we are allowing more people to come in who have this worldview, and we’re not getting rid of the people who are already here who we could get rid of, and we’re not doing a good job of assimilating and integrating people whereby they buy into what it means to be British,” he explains.

While countries like Sweden and Denmark are now taking drastic action to break up ghettos “and all sorts of other actions,” Kisin believes other European countries are going to have to follow suit in order to save themselves.

“Unless we want tens of thousands to become hundreds of thousands,” Kisin adds.


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St. Louis hopes to boost its population by importing Afghan refugees



The city of St. Louis, Missouri hopes to grow its population by luring Afghan refugees to settle in the city so that it can offset its 70 years of population loss.

The Associated Press reported that there is an “aggressive effort” within the city to attract large swaths of the more than 76,000 Afghans who fled their country after its capital city of Kabul was ceded to the Taliban.

Currently, the city is home to about 600 Afghan refugees and another 750 are expected to arrive later this year.

The Associated Press reported various city and community leaders are “hopeful that over the next few years, thousands more will decide to relocate” to St. Louis and “offset seven decades of population loss.”

Reportedly, city officials see courting Afghan refugees as crucial to beginning a process of urban rejuvenation similar to how the arrival of Bosnian refugees spurred along a similar process in the 1990s.

In the 1990s, St. Louis was the most popular destination for Bosnians who were displaced by the war in the former Balkan nation of Yugoslavia. Of the estimated 300,000 Bosnian refugees who sought entry into the U.S., roughly 40,000 now call the greater-St. Louis region their home.

The St. Louis Afghan Resettlement Initiative is backed by more than $1 million in donations and has more than 800 volunteers at its disposal. The initiative has support from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St. Louis, the International Institute of St. Louis, and other nonprofit groups throughout the city.

Reportedly, advocates for the refugee resettlement initiative haven’t encountered any opposition.

Jerry Schlichter, an attorney who is an organizer and major funder of the program, said that the initiative will help Afghan refugees find housing and jobs, connect newly arrived refugees with professional development resources such as classes on computer coding, and will provide them with grants for business startups.

Schlichter said, “There’s a mutual need. We have been stagnant. With this one-time opportunity with Afghan refugees ending up somewhere in this country, we should take advantage of it.”

Arrey Obenson, the president and CEO of the International Institute of St. Louis, said that he is confident the new refugees will revitalize the city’s neighborhoods.

“The reality of the circumstance we face is that if we look at St. Louis city and the rate the population is declining, we have to find a way to bring people into the community to turn that around,” Obenson said.

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Feds abruptly close migrant facility housing children after mysterious death of worker



A Houston-area migrant center that housed hundreds of teenage girls who crossed into the United States as unaccompanied minors abruptly closed over the weekend, leading immigrant advocates to more questions than answers.

Even more surprising, the facility opened less than three weeks ago — and shuttered after one worker suddenly died.

What are the details?

According to KTRK-TV, a "flurry of activity" was witnessed outside the facility prior to the Department of Health and Human Services announcing the facility was being closed.

The government said the displaced girls — ages 13-17, who numbered between 450-500 at the facility — would be united with sponsors or transferred to another HHS refuge facility.

Today, HHS announced that all of the children in HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) care at the Emergency Intake Site (EIS) for Unaccompanied Children at the National Association of Christian Churches site in Houston, Texas (NACC Houston) will be immediately unified with sponsors or transferred to an appropriate ORR facility.

However, the government did not provide the exact reason for the facility's abrupt closure.

Cesar Espinosa, director of immigrant advocacy group FIEL, told the Associated Press there was an "incident" at the facility on Friday night, and police cars and ambulances were present outside the facility.

"There seemed to be a lot of confusion as to what was happening," said Espinosa, who was reportedly provided with information by a FIEL employee. "The people that were there looked like they were in a sad stance, kind of with their head down and seemed like they were wiping tears away."

Someone died?

According to the Houston Chronicle, an adult staffer for the Department of Health and Human Services died at the facility Friday night.

The HHS did not disclose additional details.

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), however, claimed the worker died from a "medical emergency" that was unrelated to the migrant children and caused by underlying health conditions.

"That was the only reason that there were ambulances there the night before," Jackson Lee said, KTRK reported.

Anything else?

While Espinosa expressed contentment that some of the migrant girls — about 130 in all — would be united with sponsors, he told the Chronicle, "Unfortunately at this moment we have more questions than answers."

"If it's shutting down, it still raises a lot of questions," Espinosa said. "It wasn't an appropriate place to have the young girls."

Espinosa told ABC News that when he toured the facility he saw "desperation" in the girls' faces.

He explained the facility was "filled just with cots, where the girls were not allowed to get up, unless it was to shower, or to use the restroom. Even their meals were delivered to their cots."

"[The girls] were more treated like merchandise rather than treated as human beings, as people who just went through a very traumatic experience," Espinosa explained. "I would not allow my 15-year-old sister to go and volunteer in a place like this because I don't know what she's going to see."

Sources also told ABC News the girls "were at times instructed to use plastic bags for toilets."

John Oliver savages Biden over refugee crisis: ‘Pick up a f***ing pen and do the right thing!’



John Oliver trashed President Joe Biden for what he said is failing to make good on his campaign promises surrounding immigration and the United States Refugee Admissions Program.

What are the details?

During Sunday night's "Last Week Tonight," Oliver tore into Biden over his administration's failure to address the nation's ongoing refugee crisis.

"The U.S. used to be a world leader in how many refugees we accepted, but this f***ing guy [points to Trump chyron] not only slashed the admissions cap down to a historic annual low of 15,000, he also added discriminatory eligibility categories that have blocked many Muslim and African refugees from coming to the U.S. And to his credit, Biden ran on a platform that included reversing Trump's policies."

He continued, "In early February, Biden announced that he'd raise the ceiling on admissions to over 62,000, eliminate Trump's restrictions, and raise the cap even higher next year, which sounds great. Unfortunately, that was two months ago and he still hasn't signed the presidential determination that revises Trump's rules. And it has been hard to get a straight answer from this administration about why."

He also pointed out that there are nearly 115,000 refugees in various stages of resettlement, and over 35,000 more have been approved for resettlement.

As Biden has yet to sign the presidential determination, those refugees are "still beholden to Trump's low admission ceiling and bulls*** racist rules."

Oliver noted that if refugees' resettlement approvals begin to expire, they are forced to begin the process from the start once more.

"Remember," Oliver warned, "these are vulnerable people who may have surrendered their belongings or homes in anticipation of leaving the country or who are having to wait in camps."

Mocking the president for his "patriotic word salad" speeches, Oliver argued that Biden needs to just buck up and pull the trigger.

“For Biden, this is actually really simple," the HBO host said. "He doesn't need to negotiate with Senate Republicans on this or reckon with Joe Manchin's boner for the filibuster. He just needs to sign a piece of paper. And for a guy who clearly wanted to be the person who restored the soul of America, it is past time to for him to look deep into his own, pick up a f***ing pen, and do the right thing."