Owner of a Lonely Heart
Beth Nguyen recalled her experience growing up in America after her parents fled Saigon when she was eight months old. This event was part of the 2023 Wisconsin Book Festival held in Madison…
104 viewsBeth Nguyen recalled her experience growing up in America after her parents fled Saigon when she was eight months old. This event was part of the 2023 Wisconsin Book Festival held in Madison…
104 viewsVivian Salama talked about allegations against the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees that several of its employees were linked to the October 7, 2023, attacks in Israel.
568 viewsKrish O’Mara Vignarajah, president and CEO of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, talked about U.S. immigration policy and the asylum process.
892 viewsProfessor Maria Cristina Garcia talked about the United States' refugee policy since World War II. She spoke about qualifications to be a refugee and how those have changed as well as legisl…
1,249 viewsFormer Representative David Bonior (D-MI) and retired Catholic priest Peter Daly talked about their trip to Poland and Ukraine to meet with Ukrainian war refugees and the people who are help…
659 viewsJosh Smith talked about the state of the U.S. refugee system and ways to improve it.
364 viewsPrincipal Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel briefed reporters on a range of foreign policy issues. He was joined by Assistant Secretary of State Julieta Valls Noyes to discuss the launch of t…
288 viewsSecretary Blinken participated in a memorandum of understanding signing ceremony with the Tent Partnership for Refugees at the State Department.
163 viewsThe House Oversight and Reform Subcommittee on National Security held a hearing on the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine after four months of attacks from Russia. In the first panel, Chef Jose …
659 viewsSecretary of State Antony Blinken met with U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi at the State Department.
137 viewsViewers commented on U.S., NATO, and EU meetings on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as well as the decision by the Biden administration to admit Ukrainian refugees to the U.S.
1,256 viewsInvestigative reporter Elly Fishman discussed her book, Refugee High, about the 2017-2018 school year at Roger C. Sullivan High School in Chicago, where nearly half the students are immigran…
380 viewsNazanin Ash, CEO of the non-profit Welcome.US, talked about her group’s efforts “to engage and mobilize all Americans to welcome and support refugees” from Afghanistan.
507 viewsSecretary of State Antony Blinken met with recently resettled Afghans and volunteers from local refugee agencies in Alexandria, Virginia.
68 viewsAs he departed the White House South Lawn, President Biden responded to a question from a reporter on the Belarus-Poland migrant border crisis. He said, “I think it’s of great concern. We’ve…
407 viewsSecretary of State Antony Blinken met with interagency staff in Germany assisting in the processing of Afghan evacuees arriving from Qatar and elsewhere before they travel onto the United St…
340 viewsHomeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas made remarks on the resettlement of Afghans in the United States following U.S. withdrawal from the country. The resettlement operation, …
745 viewsMigration Policy Institute senior fellow Mark Greenberg talked about Afghan refugee processing and resettlement programs in the U.S.
465 viewsInternational Refugee Assistance Project’s Sunil Varghese talked about the U.S. policy on acceptance of refugees leaving Afghanistan.
622 viewsViewers responded to the question “Would you welcome Afghan refugees in your community?”
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