Gretchen Whitmer is a human trafficking, covid killing criminal. Not only did her policies kill thousands of Michiganders in nursing homes with covid, but she bussed illegal aliens all over the state, especially to RED cities, at taxpayers expense. She belongs in prison for both.
A federal freeze on spending to resettle refugees means some recent arrivals in Michigan may not receive taxpayer funded housing and food benefits, prompting alarm among some who serve them.
“Everyone was quite stunned when that order came out,” Kelli Dobner, chief growth officer for Samaritas, told The Detroit News. “We didn’t see this coming.”
Samaritas, a social service nonprofit that settles about half of the refugees coming to Michigan – 1,700 in 2024 – is among several agencies and programs impacted by a recent “stop work” order from the President Donald Trump’s administration to evaluate spending on refugee resettlement.
The pause comes at the same time the administration has halted new refugee admissions, which were expected to reach 4,580 in Michigan during the current fiscal year.
The decision put an $8 million hole in Samaritas’ budget, limiting the agency’s ability to provide rent, food, clothing, furnishings and other things typically provided to refugees when they arrive in Michigan, which accepts more refugees per capita than all but nine states, according to the Immigration Research Initiative. READ MORE