{"id":13328,"date":"2016-10-24T12:21:13","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T16:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=13328"},"modified":"2018-12-28T13:10:43","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T18:10:43","slug":"fair-holds-newspaper-accountable-on-syrian-refugee-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2016\/10\/24\/fair-holds-newspaper-accountable-on-syrian-refugee-story\/","title":{"rendered":"FAIR Holds Newspaper Accountable on Syrian Refugee Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13032\" alt=\"Refugees\" src=\"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/refugee-camp-rotator-675x447-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" \/>The recent (Friday, Oct. 21) article about First District Supervisor candidate Angela Valles\u2019s concerns regarding the resettlement of Syrian refugees in her community without public notification (Valles Angered over Syrian Refugees\u2019 entry into Victorville, October 20, 2016) misled readers about federal immigration law while also attempting to tarnish the reputation of one of the nation\u2019s oldest and most prestigious immigration reform organizations in the process.<\/p>\n<p>Valles had good reason to be upset that Syrian refugees were resettled into Victorville without consultation from the federal government. In fact, pursuant to 8 U.S.C. \u00a7 1522(a)(2)(A), federal agents responsible for administering the refugee resettlement program \u201cshall consult regularly (not less often than quarterly) with State and local governments and private nonprofit voluntary agencies concerning the sponsorship process and the intended distribution of refugees among the States and localities before their placement in those States and localities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Either local officials were consulted in advance about the plan to resettle Syrian refugees in Victorville and have chosen \u2014 for whatever reason \u2014 to conceal that fact from the public, or federal law was ignored or violated. Either way, the public has a right to know.<\/p>\n<p>Read the rest of Bob Dane\u2019s guest opinion at The Victorville Daily Press\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vvdailypress.com\/opinion\/20161023\/commentary-article-misleads-about-immigration-law-is-unfair-to-organization\">here<\/a>. 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