It would appear that Congress wants Syrian refugees settled far away from where they live and work. Of the 121 refugees brought to Virginia so far, 112 of them have been settled 100 miles or more from the nation’s capital. The majority of those refugees, 105, were settle in communities where the median income is below the average for the state.
Northern Virginia has some of the wealthiest counties in the country and a population of 1.7 million. Only 9 Syrian refugees were placed in Northern Virginia, all of them in Falls Church. (Might we assume that no Congressman or their families live in Falls Church?)
That means 93% of the refugees were settle at least 100 miles away from Congress, Charlottesville (116.9 miles away, according to Google Maps), Harrisonburg (130 miles away), Newport News (171 miles away), Powhatan (137 miles away) and Roanoke (240 miles away).
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[…] Syrian refugees settled in poor Virginia communities far from Congress […]
The process is so secretive from Americans – it is frustrating that we have no transparency or control. We don’t get any say in this.
Obama and his Clintonite cronies are seeding areas for future elections. In addition, if there are ISIS among the refugees, they will have logistic difficulties associate with organizing anything other than lone jihadist attacks.
That is correct. They could be housed next door to anyone of us, except those of us in Northern Virginia.
Or you could not be an idiot and realize that Congressmen don’t really get involved in where refugees are actually settled to.
Or you could be an idiot who thinks Congress has no interest when constituents ask questions about a sudden appearance of Syrians in their towns.
I had to unblock you to read this, but you never disappoint me with your insanity.
Back to the block list you go.
Coward.