I don't know what the Burmese are doing here as they weren't involved in our Indochina war.
He was described as crazy and people feared him.
So the next time a resettlement contractor tells you that refugees are screened before entering the US, remember that mental illness is obviously not a bar to admission.
Htoo is believed to be Karen (Christian).
From the Charlotte Observer (hat tip: Cathy):
NEW BERN, N.C.
More @ Refugee Resettlement Watch
You can thank the UN and our dear State Dept. for settling Burmese refugees in America. Battle Creek has a large Burmese population and they seem to be good people overall. Some of them did have some serious TB to deal with, which gave the health care providers a serious challenge. Guess that answers the question as to whether they are subjected to health screens (physical and mental) before they are put on the plane.
ReplyDeleteI am sure they would be physically, but haven't heard of the mental aspect.
ReplyDeleterefugees are not treated like legal immigrants with the health screens - just gather them up and dump them on the "sanctuary cities" who won't rock the boat.
ReplyDeleteInsane. Took 12 years to get two relatives here LEGALLY! :)
ReplyDeleteBrock, it took Tam (Wife) over 10 years as well to get her dad over after her, her mom, sister, and two brothers were put on a boat, left for dead floating in the ocean. You see her dad was a teacher, spoke English, played music, wore glasses and left in home detention for that period of time.
ReplyDeleteI'm sure you love commies as much as I. :) Where do they live now? Also, speaking of Boat People:
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(7th Picture down. The young man in the middle with his tie at half-mast is Aguna. His father was a junior officer in the South Vietnamese Navy and accompanied me to TSN for the evacuation flight in April 1975. My wife, one of her young brothers, two of her young sisters, and two of my daughters flew to the PI that day on a C-141 cargo plane. As we were about to leave, he asked if he could go along, and I stated that since his country was still fighting the foe, that I couldn't in good conscience allow this. Fortunately, he escaped along with his entire family as one of the "Boat People" later. Aguna was born on the boat, which was named Aguna, and hence his name. BT)
Awesome pics Brock! (I love that you have such a wonderful family history, and well documented). Never been to a beach wedding, bet it's sweet!
DeleteThanks, well you can come to the beach here, but no wedding. :)
DeleteOk here's what I know about this. I live in New Bern and have for most of my life.
ReplyDeleteI don't know any of the Burmese people here personally but I know folks that do.
My next door neighbors actually helped sponsor some of them and I have seen
the little Burmese kids playing next door when they were invited over for cookouts
and to play, etc.
By all accounts they are honest, hard working folks and are sponsored here by several area churches. My neighbors and the church that sponsored the ones who
played next door are among the most conservative and like minded with this group
of any people I know. The church has several folks who carried concealed at church
every Sunday just in case there is some problem and not from the Burmese. Just because they are God fearing and believe in personal responsibility and in our constitution.
I don't know how or why the Burmese people came here or who is pushing it but here is their story as I heard it. These folks were persecuted in Burma and fled, on foot. I think they were persecuted because they would not accept Islam but I'm not sure about that. As I heard the story some of them, one family in particular, went on a trek
across hundreds of miles on foot from one refugee camp to another over a 13 year period (having kids along the way apparently) until they ended up in Thailand. From Thailand they were allowed to come here as refugees.
They have been here in New Bern for I guess close to 10 years now and this is the very FIRST problem of any sort I've ever heard out of them. Apparently this one that killed his neighbors is just a bad seed. The rest of them work and work hard and support their families. A while back a couple of them were killed in a wreck. It seems they were driving about 75 miles each way to work in an old worn out van loaded with a bunch of them to work in a chicken processing plant or something of that sort. The van had mechanical problems, maybe a blowout, I just don't remember the details but it wrecked and killed at least one of them. Again I don't remember.
I'm not taking up for them or how they got here. I'm just telling you what I've observed.
They came here and went to work. Their children have been bullied and robbed by local blacks and they have not fought back but have let the law handle it. They stay to themselves. A lot of deer hunters here take unwanted deer and other game to them. They are very grateful to get it and use every ounce of it. And from personal observation, the women can put loose packed objects like (for example) bags of dry beans, in one of those plastic grocery bags, put it on their head and walk several miles without ever touching it and never spill a thing. I can't carry one to the truck by the handles without something spilling out of it. I don't know how they do it.
We are all free to draw our own conclusions. No doubt they are getting help from the government that you and I couldn't get but that is not their fault. From what I've seen they or at least all I know of except this one killer, are good folks and are very grateful for the opportunity to live in America. I don't think you'll see them wearing suicide vests. Just my 2 cents worth. Sorry for rambling. CH
Thanks, so it wasn't instigated by Obama. Now, I feel better. :) They sound a lot like the Montagnards. I attempted to go to Burma once, but it didn't work out. Thanks.
DeleteOnce we had been there for a few days, we decided that we ought to check out Burma. We went to their embassy, but it was clear that they weren't *overjoyed about Americans visiting there, (my friend had an official passport) and they did their best to do everything as slowly as possible. So, we just left and enjoyed Bangkok some more. We had understood that there was one good English hotel in Rangoon where all that they had was gin and no girls, but we wanted to visit anyway.
http://www.namsouth.com/viewtopic.php?t=254&highlight=burma
Collectivists want you to judge all by the sins of one.
ReplyDeleteAnother reason why we are living in bizarro-world-- the eradication of taking responsibilty for one's actions.
Yes, indeed. Thanks.
DeleteLocal news tonight and last night indicated that the father of the slain children and the father of the killer ride to work together at a turkey processing plant in Kinston, NC.
ReplyDeleteThey interviewed the father of the killer. He has extended his apologies and condolences to the family and said the justice system could take care of his son and what ever they decide to do with him is fine. Apparently the boy has been acting badly for the last few months. The local community of Burmese have established a fund to help with the funeral expense. Money can be donated at a small Asian grocery store in town that I didn't know existed or to Temple Baptist Church where the funeral will be held. CH
They certainly handled that well instead of blaming everyone else. Congratulations! Thanks.
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