Please extend refugee resettlement organizations’ responsibility for new refugees from 90 days to 3 years, in which time they must be financially responsible for the refugees they sponsor without aid from the federal or state government and without enrolling the sponsored refugees in social services (SNAP, TANF, section 8, Social Security disability, Medicaid, free/reduced school lunches, WIC). The three-year sponsorship should include integration services throughout. If a refugee during this three year-sponsorship commits a criminal act involving violence (murder, robbery, sexual assault, assault, child or elder abuse, kidnapping, arson, etc.), the resettlement organization’s ability to sponsor additional refugees shall be suspended for three years from the offending refugee’s final conviction or deportation, whichever is earlier.
I would like to consider a novel and humane treatment of refugees. First we need to understand that people can become refugees due to war, natural catastrophes, etc. We need to also understand the cultural challenges refugees face in terms of language, religion, customs & communities. We also need to consider the hardships for women, mothers and children as well as elderly and sick vs young strong men and single women of working & fighting age.
We also need to balance the refugees needs with America’s compassion and financial capabilities & constraints.
For example, the avg cost of education of an elementary grade student in USA is 3-10x more than in other countries. And the cost of special needs children that have not gone thru prior years of education or who speak a different language adds additional costs and burdens to American schools and education systems.
To resolve these cultural challenges and to be more compassionate, we should work with neighboring countries or regions for refugees and have Trump the Builder help build new towns & communities with housing, schools & hospitals in these foreign lands at costs cheaper than housing, treating or educating in the USA.
For Example, people that speak & read Spanish, we can work a deal with Bolivia or Paraguay to set up bus towns and pay them or contribute labor & resources to them to build homes, schools and hospitals for refugees that speak their same language. Same for those who speak & read Arabic. Work with Arabic countries to build new communities there. Ditto for African refugees or Haitian refugees. . especially those who speak French, Work with French speaking territories or countries.