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Roman (left) is a Ukrainian refugee who works at ComDel Innovation in Wahpeton, N.D. CEO Jim Albrecht (right) says the company has been working with a program called Uniting For Ukraine that provides a legal pathway for Ukrainians to come to the U.S. and work for up to two years.

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Immigrants are coming to North Dakota for jobs. Not everyone is glad to see them

2:48pm October 25, 2023

by Joel Rose

The immigrant population is growing fast in states far from the southern border. Employers in North Dakota say the economy needs more workers, but there's still deep ambivalence about immigration.

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Triad refugee agency seeking landlords, employers to help influx of new arrivals

2:42pm March 03, 2022

by April Laissle

Officials say it's too early to tell when or if Ukrainian refugees will be resettled in the Triad, but agencies are still gearing up for an influx of new arrivals from other count

Kristyn Peck, CEO of Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area, outside the group's Fairfax office.

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Newly arrived Afghans test a refugee resettlement system that's rebuilding on the fly

4:15pm October 07, 2021

by Joel Rose

Northern Virginia is home to one of the largest Afghan communities in the U.S., making it a prime destination for new arrivals. One refugee organization is scrambling to prepare.

In this Dec. 9. 2019, file photo, residents in support of continued refugee resettlement hold signs at a meeting in Bismarck, N.D.

'New Era In Resettlement': U.S. Refugee Advocates Count On More Community-Based Help

1:38pm May 06, 2021

by Deborah Amos

Refugee advocates have welcomed President Biden's decision to raise the U.S. refugee cap from 15,000 to 62,500 this year. Community-based resettlement efforts are expected to become more prominent.

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Yazidi refugees from Iraq are among those fleeing religious persecution. The Biden administration promises to allow refugees into the U.S. at much higher numbers than the Trump administration did.

Biden Gives New Hope To Refugees Fleeing Religious Persecution

5:41pm November 20, 2020

by Tom Gjelten

Joe Biden intends to admit 125,000 refugees in his first year. Many will be fleeing religious persecution. While highlighting persecution, President Trump cut refugee admissions to 15,000.

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A federal judge in Maryland has blocked the Trump administration's executive order letting state and local governments turn away refugees from resettling in their communities.

Judge Blocks Trump's Executive Order Allowing Local Officials To Reject Refugees

6:27pm January 15, 2020

by Bobby Allyn

The order is a blow for the White House, which essentially tried to give state and local government officials power to veto resettlement. The judge says that appears to violate the Refugee Act.

Faith leaders and members of human rights groups protest outside of the U.S. Capitol during a demonstration calling on Congress not to end refugee resettlement programs on Oct. 15, 2019, in Washington. Trump officials announced in September that it would

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Advocates Challenge Trump Administration Plan To Let States And Towns Block Refugees

6:14pm November 21, 2019

by Joel Rose

The White House wants to give state and local officials the power to block refugee resettlement in their backyards. But immigrant advocates say the executive order violates federal law.

Elongo Gabriel, a refugee from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, drops his kids off on the first day of school at St. Joseph's Elementary in Missoula, Mont. He is one of 330 refugees to be resettled since 2016 in the college town of 75,000 people.

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Popular Refugee Resettlement Programs Closing Under Trump Administration

6:30pm September 12, 2019

by Kirk Siegler

The number of refugees being allowed into the U.S. is the lowest it's been since 1980. Some smaller resettlement agencies particularly in rural states are closing putting refugees' lives further in limbo.

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Jamal Batar and his father, Aden, at StoryCorps in West Valley City, Utah, in March 2017. The Batar family fled the civil war in Somalia for the United States in 1994.

'We Are Americans': Somali Refugee Family Reflects On Making A Life In The U.S.

10:49am July 05, 2019

Aden Batar directs a refugee resettlement program in Utah. It is the same organization that helped resettle his family 25 years ago, when they fled a harrowing civil war in Somalia.

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Religious leaders and activists from Church World Service hold up a door, closed to refugees, during a protest urging congress to pressure US President Donald Trump to allow more refugees to enter in front of the Capitol in September.

Opposition To Refugee Arrivals Keeps Getting Louder

5:01am November 22, 2017

by Joel Rose

Critics of the U.S. refugee program say they want more control over who's coming to live in their towns. In Poughkeepsie, N.Y., the debate got ugly.