First you intervene, then you bring them all here as refugees.
It's good for the economy, especially the social welfare establishment.
Oh, yes, the Somalis brought into New Hampshire as refugees starting after Clinton's little adventure there (WHY) have adapted so well, in general.
Not really...they just don't have skills needed in New England (!), they are not used to the cold, and we just had our first interdiction of khat this year.
Somali family can't afford to live in New Hampshire
Besides his meager income as a landscaper, a Somali man has relied on food stamps to support his seven children and his pregnant wife. But there's little left for things like soap, diapers, utilities -- and rent.
Next week, against his family's wishes, Mohamed Mohamed plans to move everyone to Maine, where he's heard that life is cheaper and easier for Somali immigrants. They've been in Concord for 10 months.
His is not an isolated case, said Nasir Arush, a Somali translator who assists the family and other members of the Bantu communities in Concord and Manchester.
The Bantus are having a harder time than other refugees at achieving self-sufficiency because their learning curve is steeper, Arush said.
"You have to teach everything," he said, from how to cross a street safely to how to use a toilet.
More and more Bantu refugees are telling Arush they dream of life in Lewiston, Maine -- a Somali destination that, they have heard, offers cheaper living, more public immigrant aid and shorter waiting lists for Section 8 rental assistance.
I still can't figure out how, exactly, this was supposed to help them. Or the taxpayers here, either.