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Alex Jones and Breitbart enter in the bottom section here. You gotta see Jones to believe such a weak, needy, bullshit far-right human-animal can exist. Please help me he says.
Jul 6, 2017 7:47 PM EST
By — PBS NewsHour
Transcript
After decades of decline, the city of Utica, New York, is growing again, thanks in part to its reputation as "the town that loves refugees." And their basic reason for loving refugees is simple: An influx of new residents and workers have helped keep its economy afloat. But are there also downsides to an refugee-driven recovery? Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports.
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JUDY WOODRUFF:
now, the Trump administration has set a lower refugee limit for the U.S. for this fiscal year. In the coming week, the U.S. will hit that ceiling of accepting 50,000 new refugees.
The city of Utica, New York, has long taken a more welcoming approach. One out of every four citizens there is a refugee and the evidence is they're helping revitalize the community.
Paul Solman has our update. It's part of his weekly series, "Making Sense."
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PAUL SOLMAN:
Post-industrial Utica, New York, upstate, downtrodden, and, in the heart of downtown, where the United Methodist Church used to be, a thriving mosque.
In the world beyond Utica, the tide of refugees rises, the fear of foreigners swells. Muslim terrorists, real and imagined, haunt us.
PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP:
Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on.
PAUL SOLMAN:
President Trump's calls for even a partial Muslim ban were repeatedly rebuffed in court, but the Supreme Court has now let some of it stand until it considers the ban's legality this fall.
But when we asked Utica Mayor Robert Palmieri if the city would be willing to resettle Syrian refugees —
MAYOR ROBERT PALMIERI, Utica, New York:
I would say, absolutely, we would be, because Utica starts with you. It's as simple as that.
[...]
PAUL SOLMAN:
Although there are no hard statistics on how many refugees do or don't find jobs after their aid ends, some qualify for public assistance. Ibrahim Rosic was literally torn apart in the Bosnian conflict.
IBRAHIM ROSIC:
In 1994, I stepped on a landmine. I lost my left leg, and my right leg was severely damaged. I have no knee. I can't bend it.
PAUL SOLMAN:
He is officially 100 percent disabled, but, says the former engineer —
IBRAHIM ROSIC:
I work two jobs. I work full-time as a director at Mohawk Valley Community College, and I also work as an adjunct instructor at SUNY Poly. I am not a burden on the community. I am not a burden on social services.
Yes, community helped me to get this, but now it's my time to pay back. And I would say most refugees do the same.
PAUL SOLMAN:
So, are refugees the economic boon that motivated immigrants famously have been? Yes, says economist Jeffrey Sachs, but there are negatives.
JEFFREY SACHS, Economist, Columbia University:
Some workers face increased job competition and their wages can be driven down. If lower-skilled immigrants come, then lower-skilled American workers may see a decline in their wages, whereas business owners may see more workers at lower cost for them.
[...]
PAUL SOLMAN:
They spent three years in a camp on the Syrian border, before being cleared for transit to the United States. Yousif al Saad went to work at the Chobani yogurt plant outside Utica, whose CEO, Hamdi Ulukaya, has championed the rights of refugees and hired hundreds of them.
We were supposed to tape there, but at the last minute, Chobani pulled out, citing security concerns, fear for the safety of employees in the current political environment.
Understandably, as right wing media had targeted a Chobani plant in Twin Falls, Idaho, where some 30 percent of the workers are refugees.
ALEX JONES, Info Wars:
So, let's look at the headlines.
PAUL SOLMAN:
According to conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, citing Breitbart —
ALEX JONES:
TB spiked 500 percent in Twin Falls during 2012 as Chobani yogurt opened the plant. Idaho refugee boys admit to sexually assaulting 5-year-old. OK. Twin Falls refugee rape special report: why are refugees moving in? Oh, the Chobani plant.
PAUL SOLMAN:
But the sexual assault by minors is shrouded in secrecy, and the TB case spike was from one positive test to six, in a nearly 12,000 square mile area that included twin falls, none of the cases contagious, none involving Chobani employees.
ALEX JONES:
This isn't some game people. There's a total Islamic takeover taking place. Behind the scenes, they got Muslims following me around.
PAUL SOLMAN:
In April, the company sued Jones for false and defamatory reports.
ALEX JONES:
And I'm ready to take them on. Christ, please help us win this. Please help me be strong.
PAUL SOLMAN:
The following month, Jones issued an apology and a retraction.
ALEX JONES:
On behalf of Info Wars, I regret that we mischaracterized Chobani, its employees and the people of Twin Falls, Idaho, the way we did.
PAUL SOLMAN:
Two final follow-ups: unemployment in Twin Falls has dropped from 7 percent to 3 percent since Chobani came to town in 2012.
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Please remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance.
AGAIN-- most conservatives are NOT against immigration. They are against illegal immigration. If you cannot differentiate this key point, there is little reason to ever have a discussion.
Legal immigration is necessary and beneficial to the country. But illegal immigration costs this country too much --especially when we have a trillion dollar budget deficit.
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