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REFUGEES SENDING 'SUITCASES OF WELFARE CASH' HOME TO SOMALIA
WND ^ | May 18 2016 | LEO HOHMANN

Posted on 06/25/2016 7:43:27 PM PDT by Whenifhow

Men and women pulling “suitcases full of cash” started showing up at Seattle’s Sea-Tac Airport last year holding tickets for international flights bound for Africa.

Transporting large amounts of cash overseas is perfectly legal. But it was who was carrying the money … and where it was going that caught the attention of law enforcement, according to a report by KING 5, the local NBC affiliate for western Washington.

Those hauling the cash-laden cases were Somali-Americans who’d come to this country as refugees. They routinely send money back to Somalia. And many of the greenbacks headed to the jihadist-infested East African country come from welfare checks the refugees receive from the U.S. government, compliments of American taxpayers.

Carrying more than $10,000 while traveling out of the United States is legal as long as the traveler declares it by filling out a one-page federal form.

It was while looking at these slips of paper that terrorism expert Glenn Kerns found a disturbing pattern.

“The thing was the amount, the staggering amount,” said Kerns, a Seattle police officer who was assigned to the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force for 14 years before he retired in December.

The cash couriers were working for hawalas – businesses that derive their name from the Arabic word for “transfer.” Hawalas are part of a traditional system of banking in Shariah-compliant Muslim communities.

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But is all of it going to downtrodden family members?

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It would make sense, since Somalia is home to an active jihadist rebellion from al-Shabab, an al-Qaida affiliate that slaughters Christians in neighboring Kenya and seeks to establish an ISIS-like caliphate in East Africa.

(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: aliens; borderslanguage; culture; fraud; islam; refugeecash; refugeecrisis; refugeeresettlement; refugees; somalia; wot
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To: stylin19a
"yet, carrying 10k in cash while traveling within the US is subject to confiscation\forfeiture for no reason. "

Wow, I've never heard that. Will you please post some reference links?

41 posted on 06/26/2016 4:45:50 AM PDT by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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To: Future Useless Eater
"It occurs to me that WHY wouldn't illegal aliens APPLY FOR WELFARE, many times, under many names?

They've ALREADY broken ONE law, why not others? And Obama would NEVER prosecute them."

why not?

I mean they're prolly registering under 4-5 different names to vote.

42 posted on 06/26/2016 5:09:48 AM PDT by thinden
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To: Whenifhow

According to the law signed by Bill Clinton any time the police find a “citizen” carrying more than $10K they can take it and keep it.


43 posted on 06/26/2016 5:43:31 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: polymuser

Does the clan lifestyle explain why they all smell exactly the same?? Seriously-do they all use the same heavy perfume? I’m not even being snarky-it’s an overwhelming and rather offensive odor that you can smell from 10 feet away. And it’s the same odor on every one!


44 posted on 06/26/2016 5:49:54 AM PDT by NorthstarMom (God says debt is a curse and children are a blessing, yet we apply for loans and prevent pregnancy.)
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To: Future Useless Eater

“And Obama would NEVER prosecute them”

The IRS still turns a blind eye to the billions illegally handed out to them:

“The IRS is defending its decision to let illegal immigrants claim up to three years’ refunds on income even if they never paid income taxes, telling Congress in a new letter last week that agency lawyers have concluded getting a Social Security number triggers the ability to go back and ask for previous refunds”
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/2/irs-defends-refunds-illegals-never-filed-taxes/


45 posted on 06/26/2016 6:21:24 AM PDT by Captain7seas
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To: Captain7seas

Btt


46 posted on 06/26/2016 6:28:09 AM PDT by Ciexyz ("You know who gets hurt? The people who worked hard, lived frugally, and saved their money."- Trump)
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To: MV=PY

it happens under the umbrella of the civil forfeiture act.

see my post #29 for a few links.
here’s another: http://www.policemisconduct.net/explainers/civil-asset-forfeiture/

you can google civil forfeiture act abuse for more info.


47 posted on 06/26/2016 6:49:54 AM PDT by stylin19a
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To: Whenifhow
excerpt snipped from your link to https://refugeeresettlementwatch.wordpress.com/faqs-finding-stuff/

7. This same GAO report quotes a state official who notes “that local affiliate funding is based on the number of refugees they serve, so affiliates (private contractors) have an incentive to maintain or increase the number of refugees they resettle each year rather than allowing the number to decrease.”

8. Refugee resettlement is a self-perpetuating global enterprise. Staff and management of the hundreds of taxpayer supported U.S. contractors are largely refugees or immigrants whose purpose is to gain entry for more refugees, usually for their co-ethnics.

9. According to David Robinson, a former acting director of the State Department’s refugee bureau, writing about the refugee contractors: “the federal government provides about ninety percent of its collective budget” and its lobbying umbrella “wields enormous influence over the Administration’s refugee admissions policy. It lobbies the Hill effectively to increase the number of refugees admitted for permanent resettlement each year ….If there is a conflict of interest, it is never mentioned…. The solution its members offer to every refugee crisis is simplistic and the same: increase the number of admissions to the United States without regard to budgets…” How Public Opinion Shaped Refugee Policy in Kosovo, 2000, David M. Robinson, http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?Location=U2&doc=GetTRDoc.pdf&AD=ADA432218

We hesitate to quibble with an authoritative source on the percentage of federal money floating the refugee industry, but from an accountant’s perspective that percentage is actually over 100 % given the amount of money the industry is able to pocket without any proof that it was spent on refugees.

48 posted on 06/26/2016 7:02:27 AM PDT by thinden
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To: The Great RJ
One Mexican entrepreneur in Minnesota made a fortune...

There are entire industries built in and around the illegals.

49 posted on 06/26/2016 8:19:39 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (American Jobs for American Workers.)
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To: NorthstarMom

They like to burn frankincense for incense, use heavy garlic and curry on their cooked meats, and don’t change clothing too often. You know when you are getting near them by your nose, that’s for sure.


50 posted on 06/26/2016 11:41:17 AM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough!)
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To: thinden

A lot of church denominations’ ‘social ministries’ are assisting in planting a great many refugees all over America, too. Anti-Christian refugees.

Those churches are apostate, infiltrated by progressives long ago whose intent is not to share the saving message of Jesus Christ.


51 posted on 06/26/2016 11:49:09 AM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough!)
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To: thinden

That’s why we must pray for hard Trump’s safety.

Attacking the immigration/refugee gravy train ( money, votes, power) is a dangerous path.


52 posted on 06/26/2016 11:55:55 AM PDT by polymuser (Enough is enough!)
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To: polymuser

Yes. I agree there is big money at stake & big risk for anyone pushing this scam out into the light of day


53 posted on 06/26/2016 7:27:40 PM PDT by thinden
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To: thinden

The money is going to fund Al Shabaab in Somalia.


54 posted on 06/26/2016 7:40:25 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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