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Trump’s Travel Ban Has Serious Financial Consequences For Refugee Resettlement Agencies
Refugee resettlement agencies receive funding based on the number of people they anticipate resettling, so the uncertainty around President Trump’s travel ban has serious fiscal consequences.
Read MoreMany recent immigrants living in the U.S. are scared that their claims for asylum won’t have a fair hearing by the Trump administration. Hundreds of those people are fleeing to Canada; and for one man the journey through the frigid, snowy woods nearly killed him.
Read MoreSummer resorts around the nation are bracing for a tough season — not because the tourists won’t come, but because the workers might not. The reinstatement of a cap on visas for temporary workers has some in the hospitality industry predicting catastrophe.
Read MoreJust the term “ICE” evokes emotion. Three letters emblazoned on the back of a dark jacket; nondescript white vans — they’re images synonymous with fear among immigrants in the country illegally.
Read MoreAs high volumes of migrants flee the United States to apply for asylum in Canada, one popular route into Quebec is just west of Lake Champlain. To get to the snowy illegal crossing, many are calling a cab.
Read More‘A Lot of Questions, Over and Over Again’ — A Look at One Maine Refugee’s Vetting Process
The number of refugees, asylum seekers and other foreign-born people who settled in Maine last year was the largest in recent years.
Read MoreShoeb Mogal, 30, got addicted to computers when he was a kid back in India.
Read MoreTrump’s Immigration Measures Could Exacerbate Boston Court Backlog
Boston’s federal immigration court has one of the largest backlogs of pending cases in the country, and President Trump’s executive orders on immigration could push the court even further behind.
Read MoreNo Plans For Large-Scale Deportation Raids In New England, But Immigrants Still Live In Fear
Reports of large scale, nationwide deportation raids are stoking fear in Massachusetts immigrant communities. Immigrants — both those with legal status and those living here illegally — are questioning exactly who is vulnerable for deportation.
Read MoreSyrian Refugee Family Completes A Journey That Almost Didn’t Happen
A family of Syrian refugees landed Friday at the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in New Hampshire, completing a journey that almost never happened.
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