Omaha.com3d
They escaped from Afghanistan to Wisconsin. Now they've resettled across the nation
Zahra Hakimi escaped Afghanistan in August 2021 and found temporary refuge at Fort McCoy, a military base in western Wisconsin that housed 13,000 Afghan refugees. Now, Hakimi is studying computer ...
Tulsa World3d
They escaped from Afghanistan to Wisconsin. Now they've resettled across the nation
With nearly 13,000 evacuees, Fort McCoy was the second-largest Afghan refugee encampment in the U.S. All have since been resettled, with the last Afghans leaving the fort three years ago in ...
Much of Wisconsin’s rich Latino history was lost to time. Here are some places where it lives on.
Historians from Eau Claire to Milwaukee are racing to preserve the 100-year legacy of Latino settlement in Wisconsin.
Madison.com2d
They escaped from Afghanistan to Wisconsin. Now they've resettled across the nation
With nearly 13,000 evacuees, Fort McCoy was the second-largest Afghan refugee encampment in the U.S. All have since been resettled, with the last Afghans leaving the fort three years ago, in January ...
Newsweek2d
Detaining Refugees in Guantánamo Bay Is Inhumane. Close It Now | Opinion
When I heard the news that President Donald Trump wants to detain up to 30,000 migrants at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba, my stomach sank. I am an immigration attorney at the International Refugee ...
Cfr.org5d
Can the United States Send Undocumented Immigrants to Guantánamo Bay?
Haitian and Cuban refugees previously held on Guantánamo—as well as many of the terrorism suspects—filed numerous suits challenging the detention and conditions, several of which were ...
MercoPress5d
Asylum requests on the rise in Uruguay
Most applications are from Cuban citizens, Mondelli explained. “There may be situations in which people have not reached a level that qualifies them as refugees, but this does not mean that the ...
MercoPress4d
Cubans keep flocking into Uruguay seeking asylum
Uruguay's Law 18076 regarding refugees states that “every person ... if their lives and freedom are under threat. In 2021, 2,887 Cuban nationals arrived in Uruguay, 450 of them through the ...
Yahoo Finance5d
Mark Cuban Says If You Want To Get Rich, 'Throw A Hail Mary' And Invest 10% Of Savings In Bitcoin, But You Must Pretend You Already Lost It
In fact, in a 2018 Vanity Fair video titled "Mark Cuban's 9 Rules to Get Rich," he served up financial wisdom with the kind of blunt charm you'd expect from a guy who's as comfortable in a T-shirt ...
The Hill6d
Halting refugee services endangers new Americans
The Trump administration has made a cruel and counterproductive decision about refugees. Beyond just suspending future refugee admissions through the resettlement program, the administration ...
KCCI Des Moines4d
Des Moines refugee services raising concerns over pause in federal funding
IOWA’S NEWS LEADER. THE DIRECTOR OF A REFUGEE WELCOME CENTER IN POLK COUNTY SAYS A PAUSE IN FEDERAL FUNDING IS BEING FELT HERE AT HOME. IN A RECENT ORDER, THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION FROZE FUNDING ...