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Sunday, November 16, 2008

FEDS ADMIT FRAUD WITH THE REFUGEE PROGRAM

From this source:
A fact sheet released this week from the U.S. State Department reported widespread fraud in the refugee program that has brought tens of thousands of people from Somalia and other African nations to the United States.

The reported fraud spurred the State Department to suspend a humanitarian program in August which was supposed to reunite African "anchor" refugees already in the states with their family members who are still overseas.

DNA testing conducted earlier this year by the government to verify blood ties between anchor refugees and their supposed family members revealed that fewer than 20 percent of those checked could confirm their biological relationships, the fact sheet stated....

Read the rest here.

The last sentence from the above excerpt means that over 80% of the cases checked involved fraud. Over 80%!

Thanks to Refugee Resettlement Watch for alerting me to the above story.

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