Friday, February 2, 2018

Wisconsin Dells dormitory fire in Trump's America: A simple case of arson or an act of domestic terrorism?


From Retiring Guy's postcard collection

$5 million Wisconsin Dells dorm fire determined to be arson.  (Madison.com, 2/1/2018)
The dorm was being built to house foreign students through the J-1 visa program. Typically in recent years more than 3,000 such students work at Dells-area tourist attractions, hotels and restaurants. The building was a complete loss, estimated at $5 million, according to a Delton Fire Department press release.


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Related reading:
J-1 students fill key niche in Dells economy.  (Wisconsin Dells Events, 9/4/2015)
Czuprynko said the impact of J-1 students is tremendous in Wisconsin Dells and Lake Delton. He estimates that the local tourism industry needs approximately 10 percent of the population of the four-county area to fill summer jobs and that is not going to happen only using local help — and even help from U.S. workers outside of the Dells area and Wisconsin.  [emphasis added]

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