Netherlands: Generous Welfare Allows 90% of Refugees to Not Work


A recent study found that almost 90% of refugees are still not working after 2 1/2 years in The Netherlands. The refugees, mostly from Syria and Eritrea, discovered that low skilled jobs paid as much money as welfare, so they are opting to stay home.

A recent study found that almost 90% of refugees are still not working after 2 1/2 years in The Netherlands.

The refugees found that they make as much money sitting at home as they do at low skilled jobs.

A 2017 study found similar numbers in Austria.
And a German study found only 1 in 5 refugees were working.

Voice of Europe reported:

Refugees with a residence permit barely have a job, Dutch newspaper “De Telegraaf” reports. Almost 90% of refugees, who received their residence permit in 2014, were unemployed two and a half years later, according to figures from the Dutch statistics office CBS.

While 11% of refugees do work, a large majority of them still don’t have a full-time job. After two and a half years only 15% are fully employed. The group mostly consists of Syrians and Eritreans: 75% of refugees come from one of those two countries.

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French President Macron: Europe Entering the Age of ‘Unprecedented’ Mass Migration

French President Macron said that Africans will be flooding into Europe “for many years to come” as a result of “bombshell” population growth, poverty, political conflicts and climate change.  Macron cited Stephen Smith, the French-American author of The Rush to Europe, who predicts that the number of Africans living in Europe will grow from 9 million to between 150 million and 200 million within the next 30 years.  Smith said that this scenario will end Europe’s generous social programs.

‘Bombshell’ population growth in Africa means Europe is entering an “unprecedented” age of mass migration, Emmanuel Macron has said, asserting that the two continents’ destinies are “bound”.

“The migratory phenomenon we are facing will be historic,” declared the French president in a television appearance Sunday night, when he announced that “great poverty”, “climate change”, and “geopolitical conflicts” will see Africans flooding into Europe “for many years to come”.

To back up his point, Macron pointed to “bombshell” population gr0wth across the third world continent, which he added has been “tremendously well described” by French-American journalist and professor Stephen Smith in a recent book.

“[Africans] are mostly turning to Europe because the continent [of Europe] is not an island, because of our location, and because Europe has its destiny bound with Africa,” stated the vehemently pro-EU French figure during a two-hour long interview.

Smith, the Africa expert to whom Macron referred during his appearance on BFMTV, estimates that the number of Africans living in Europe will grow from nine million to between 150 million and 200 million within the next 30 years.

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Facebook Could Face Billions in Fines over Facial Recognition Features


A federal judge certified a class action lawsuit allowing millions of users to sue Facebook for violating an Illinois state law, the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act of 2008, that holds a fine of $1,000 to $5,000 each time a user’s photo is used without permission. Facebook argued unsuccessfully that each case should be tried individually as damages could run in the billions.

Facebook could reportedly face billions of dollars in fines over their facial recognition features due to an Illinois law relating to the collection of biometric data.

A federal judge has ruled that a class action lawsuit including millions of Facebook users can proceed with their claims that the social media firm violated an Illinois law relating to the collection and storage of biometric data without users consent, according to Bloomberg. Millions of social media users could potentially sue Facebook for violations of the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act of 2008 (BIPA) which holds a fine of $1,000 to $5,000 each time a user’s photo is used without permission. This could result in Facebook paying out billions of dollars.

Facebook has regularly encouraged users to tag themselves, friends and family members in uploaded photos and has then stored this information, the social media company then uses a program called DeepFace to match this with other photos of the tagged person. Judge James Donato wrote in a court order:

A class action is clearly superior to individual proceedings here. While not trivial, BIPA’s statutory damages are not enough to incentivize individual plaintiffs given the high costs of pursuing discovery on Facebook’s software and code base and Facebook’s willingness to litigate the case…Facebook seems to believe that a class action is not superior because statutory damages could amount to billions of dollars.

Shawn Williams, the lawyer representing users worried about Facebook’s collection of their biometric data wrote:

As more people become aware of the scope of Facebook’s data collection and as consequences begin to attach to that data collection, whether economic or regulatory, Facebook will have to take a long look at its privacy practices and make changes consistent with user expectations and regulatory requirements.

Facebook has stated that they are reviewing the ruling saying, “We continue to believe the case has no merit and will defend ourselves vigorously.” Facebook argued that the lawsuit should be pursued by individuals and not as a class-action as “damages could amount to billions of dollars,” the company also argued that each user could be “aggrieved” differently and should be forced to prove that they were negatively affected by Facebook’s collection of the data. Judge Donato ruled that “substantial damages are not a reason to decline class certification.”

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Federal Agency Sued for Ignoring $84 Million DNC/ Clinton Campaign Money Laundering Case

A pro-Donald Trump political action committee filed a lawsuit against the Federal Elections Commission for ignoring a money-laundering scheme that ended up depositing $84 million in Hillary Clinton’s campaign fund. Hillary donors wrote checks for hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Hillary Victory Fund that was funneled to state party chapters, and back through the DNC, ultimately ending up at Clinton’s campaign headquarters, violating campaign finance laws that limit the amount individuals can donate.

A pro-Donald Trump political action committee filed suit in federal court against the Federal Elections Commission on Monday, alleging the agency failed to take action on a money-laundering scheme involving the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee.

“The Committee to Defend the President (CDP), a political action committee formally known as Stop Hillary PAC, filed its complaint with the FEC in December 2017 with the claims that the Hillary Victory Fund (HVF) solicited cash from big-name donors, and allegedly sent that money through state chapters and back to the DNC before ending up with the Clinton campaign,” Fox News reported.

The CDP complaint filed with the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia alleges that $84 million was funneled using this technique to purposely bypass campaign fiance laws.

Donna Brazile, who served as interim DNC campaign chair during Clinton’s run, wrote about the practice in her book, “Hacks.”

“Individuals who had maxed out their $2,700 contribution limit to the campaign could write an additional check for $353,400 to the Hillary Victory Fund—that figure represented $10,000 to each of the 32 states’ parties who were part of the Victory Fund agreement — $320,000 — and $33,400 to the DNC,” reads a passage from the book.

“The money would be deposited in the states first, and transferred to the DNC shortly after that. Money in the battleground states usually stayed in that state, but all the other states funneled that money directly to the DNC, which quickly transferred the money to (Clinton campaign headquarters in) Brooklyn,” Brazile added.

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US Cities and Counties Hid 142 Suspected Gang Members from Deportation


The Department of Homeland Security reported that city and county local governments released 142 suspected members of MS-13 and other gangs from October 2016 through June 2017. There are no reports after these dates, and local governments have escalated their opposition to legal deportation. Despite the danger to Americans, the illegals are protected by progressives eager to protect migrants from deportation, but also by politicians eager to support local cheap-labor businesses, such as the food industry.

City and country governments ignored federal “detainer” requests and released 142 suspected members of MS-13 and other criminal gangs in the eight months up to June 2017, says a report from the Department of Homeland Security to the Senate’s judiciary committee.

The gang release data is the agency’s most up-to-date, according to the agency, which delivered the answers in response to routine oversight questions by committee members.

The data does not cover any releases after June 19, 2017, when city governments escalated their opposition to the legal deportation of illegal migrants in their cities and counties. Currently, the Department of Justice is pressuring cities to cooperate with deportation efforts and is trying to cut federal police grants to cities who release criminals back into Americans’ neighborhoods.

The answers do not describe the crimes committed by gang members that caused their arrests.

 The detainer data shows how many arrested and detained illegals were released by city and local governments even after federal officials requested they be held until they could be arrested by DHS officials.

Santa Clara County in California led the pack by releasing 22 of 127 suspect gang members after the DHS asked they be held. Los Angeles released 16 suspected gangsters, Orange County released 12 and Travis County in Texas released 11.

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Andrew McCabe Lied to the FBI about Leaking Info on the Shut Down of the Clinton Investigation

Former Deputy Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe lied to FBI agents about leaking information to the Wall Street Journal indicating that he fought against the DOJ’s pressure to close the investigation into the Clinton Foundation.  He leaked the story to save his reputation in the media.  Hillary Clinton was suspected of pay-for-play as her organization collected hundreds of millions of dollars from special interests.

Former Deputy Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe was fired hours before he was to retire (with full benefits) for authorizing the FBI to talk to the media about an investigation into the Clinton Foundation, and then “lacked candor” or lied when internal investigators asked him about it, according to AG Jeff Sessions.

Michael Horowitz, the inspector general of the Department of Justice, reported that McCabe lied to investigators at least four times to cover up his leaks of information to the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).  Three of the lies were under oath.  The purpose of the lies was to make himself look good, as if he were unbiased.

McCabe claims that he received a phone call from a high-ranking official with Obama’s Department of Justice (DOJ), who pressured him  to shut down an expansive investigation into the Clinton Foundation for potential financial crimes and influence peddling, as the organization had amassed hundreds of millions of dollars from special interests.

Prior to the phone call, McCabe’s wife received a campaign donation of nearly a half million dollars from Clinton friend and political ally Terry McAuliffe.

In an alleged attempt to show that he was not biased in favor of the Clintons, he leaked information to the WSJ that claimed he personally fought against the DOJ’s attempt to shut down the investigation.

Inspector General Horowitz’ full report will be published in May.  Tucker Carlson pointed out that lying to the FBI is a very serious offense, and many people have gone to prison for this crime, yet the political class seems to be immune.  When the full report is issued, the DOJ will be forced to prosecute McCabe, or it will have to explain to the public why there is a double standard and that political elites are above the law.

Members of the Trump campaign, including General Michael Flynn, are facing prison for the exact same crime.  The FBI is full of zeal when going after a political enemy or an average American, but somehow its own agents escape with impunity.

McCabe set up a GoFundMe account that has collected more than $568,496 in pledges for his legal defense.
Chris Farrell of Judicial Watch suggests shutting down the FBI and replacing it with a new investigative branch of the federal US Marshal Service.
Sources:
http://dailycaller.com/2018/04/15/fbi-clinton-foundation-investigation/
https://www.gofundme.com/andrewmccabelegaldefensefund