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3%ers lead anti-refugee protests

Waving American flags and several large black banners emblazoned with their movement’s “III% Idaho” logo, a crowd of about 100 like-minded antigovernment extremists crowded onto the steps of the Idaho Capitol in Boise to protest the state’s ongoing program to help resettle Muslim refugees from Syria. “Now, refugees coming from Islamic hotbeds of terrorism, don’t you think that poses a threat to Idaho communities?” shouted III% of Idaho spokesman Chris McIntire into a bullhorn. “YEAH!!!!” shouted the gathered protesters.Video of 'III Percenters' Rally Against Refugee Program on Capitol Steps in Boise 'Patriot' group inserts itself into debate over Syrians fleeing civil war. Across the street, however, a slightly smaller crowd of about seventy counter-protesters gathered in a park facing the Capitol steps. And their message was clear from the large banner they unfurled: “We Welcome All Refugees to Boise”/David Neiwert, Southern Poverty Law Center. More here.

Question: Would you be concerned about the refugee relocation if North Idaho College rathern than College of Southern Idaho was sponsoring it?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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