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 ...
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 ...
Fort McCoy officials have not granted media requests to interview refugees nor access to the base. They have shared some photos and videos from inside. They have also discouraged volunteers from ...
The detention of migrants at Guantánamo Bay is poised to spark a new chapter of legal challenges about the rights of those ...
Historians from Eau Claire to Milwaukee are racing to preserve the 100-year legacy of Latino settlement in Wisconsin.
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 ...
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 ...
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 Trump administration has made a cruel and counterproductive decision about refugees. Beyond just suspending future refugee admissions through the resettlement program, the administration ...
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 ...