As Connecticut prepares for an influx of refugees from Afghanistan, affordable housing has become a challenge.
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Blumenthal, Murphy break with Biden over Afghanistan deadline
Connecticut’s senators said U.S. troops must stay in Afghanistan until the evacuation of Americans and allies is complete.
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Afghan refugees arrive in Connecticut as resettlement agency calls for assistance
A family from Afghanistan arrived in New Haven, one family among thousands of refugees fleeing amid the Taliban’s takeover.
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Lamont tells Trump refugees are welcome in Connecticut
Lamont, a Democrat nearing the end of his first year in office, has carefully chosen when he criticizes the president. But he did so twice in one day Wednesday.
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Murphy battles Trump on foreign policy, undiplomatically
WASHINGTON — Even as President Donald Trump aims to slash the State Department’s budget, Sen. Chris Murphy is battling the headwind in an effort to double the money appropriated for many diplomatic programs.
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Unspeakable horrors gave Theanvy Kuoch incredible strength and compassion
Theanvy Kuoch survived torture, enslavement and the death of 19 of her relatives at the hands of the Khmer Rouge in her native Cambodia. She came to the United States as a refugee in 1981 and has led Khmer Health Advocates, a well-respected organization that serves refugees, for 35 years. She spoke to The Mirror about refugee health needs, her own experiences and the impact of the Trump administration’s policies on people who came to the country as refugees.
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Syrian refugee talks about the impact of Trump travel ban
WASHINGTON – Fadi Kassar of Milford, 40, traveled a long, hard road through several countries before arriving in Connecticut and being granted asylum in 2015. He spoke to the Mirror about the human cost of the Donald Trump’s travel ban – and how it is changing the perception of the United States in the Muslim world.
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An invitation to Trump to meet Syrian refugees in New Haven
WOODBRIDGE — Sharing a stage with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, the head of a program that has resettled about 350 Syrian refugees across Connecticut over the past year extended a public invitation Tuesday to President-elect Donald J. Trump to meet with his clients before acting on a campaign pledge to suspend the resettlement of Syrians in the U.S.
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Civil rights groups at odds with CT lawmakers over visa program
WASHINGTON -– A coalition of civil rights groups have joined this week to condemn Congress’ response to the attacks in Paris and San Bernardino – including legislation supported by Connecticut’s Democratic lawmakers.
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Himes, Courtney tell GOP to keep Syrian refugee policy out of budget bill
WASHINGTON — U.S. Reps. Joe Courtney and Jim Himes. Democrats who gave the Republican Party a veto-proof majority on a bill that would suspend Syrian and Iraqi refugee admissions, are now demanding the bill’s language be left out of a massive budget bill.
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A witness to Europe’s migrant crisis says U.S. needs to be cautious
And that is my biggest fear: that America will follow the EU’s path in resolving immigration policies. America’s politicians need to stop their never-ending bickering and agree on a manageable, reasonable, unemotional solution to the migrant crisis based on the rule of law.
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The U.S. and Connecticut should do our share to welcome refugees
I reject Dale Dauphinais’ anti-refugee alarmism. If sometimes hard to quantify, the benefits the U.S. and Connecticut derive from accepting a moderate number of refugees exceed the costs.
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How does Connecticut benefit from taking in refugees?
Consider, on the same day: I read that my U.S Senator, Richard Blumenthal, is proposing to expedite the processing of Middle East refugees into Connecticut; and, that our government, in fact, no one, has any ability to check the status of any of the mostly Muslim “refugee.”
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Murphy urges U.S. to take in thousands of Syrian refugees
WASHINGTON– Sen. Chris Murphy, fresh from a trip to the Middle East, said the United States should abandon its “coldhearted” policy toward Syrian and take in at least 50,000 of the nation’s refugees.