by Jacob Wendler | Jan 19, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — The Department of State announced a new program Thursday that will allow groups of American citizens to sponsor refugees looking to resettle in the United States. The program will significantly restructure the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, which in the...
by Grace Deng | Mar 28, 2022 | Education, Featured, Immigration
Mahdi Kabuli likes math. Sure, geometry eludes him sometimes, but overall he’s really good at the subject. At 18, Kabuli is already thinking about college, where he wants to study economics or computer science. As of last year, nearing the end of his time at the top...
by Jenny Huh | Mar 23, 2022 | Featured, Immigration, National Security
WASHINGTON – On August 25, 2021, Aryan Fardeen, along with his wife, mother, and three siblings, boarded a plane in Kabul in an urgent attempt to escape the Taliban. Over the span of three months, they traveled to Kuwait, Germany and Philadelphia, before settling in...
by Jenny Huh | Feb 10, 2022 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Amid Afghanistan’s growing humanitarian crisis, lawmakers are brainstorming ways to ensure humanitarian aid reaches the Afghan people, while not empowering the Taliban. “The worst case scenario of all would be if humanitarian aid were...
by Renzo Downey | Mar 12, 2018 | Featured, Immigration
WASHINGTON – Once the most prosperous country in Latin America, Venezuela now has the worst hyperinflation in the world, and the resulting exodus of its citizens may produce more refugees than the Syrian conflict, according to some experts. Venezuela is experiencing...