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Trump administration cuts refugees' deadline to contest status termination, raising fears

The Trump administration is implementing a new policy that shortens the time refugees have to appeal status termination. This change reduces the contest period from 30 days to just 10 days. Critics argue this policy could endanger numerous refugees who fled violence and persecution. Advocates warn that the policy undermines…

The Economic Times · Oct 14

Trump administration cuts refugees’ deadline to contest status termination, raising fears

The Trump administration is cutting the time refugees have to contest the termination of their status

The Independent UK · Oct 13

New US Refugee Cap Sets 17,500 Limit, Prioritizing Afrikaners Over Latin America

The U.S. plans to cap 2027 refugee admissions at 17,500, mostly Afrikaners. What it means for Venezuelan, Cuban and Nicaraguan families.

Latin Times · Sep 24

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Rabbi vows to defy far-right harassment of Jewish-based refugee support work

Synagogues and groups helping displaced people are coming up against hostility driven by conspiracy theories

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13

The Trump administration is detaining and questioning refugees already admitted to the US

In a break from tradition, refugees admitted to the United States after extensive interviews and vetting are being detained and questioned again

The Independent UK · Feb 28

US faith leaders supporting targeted immigrants brace for a tough year ahead

Faith leaders across the United States face challenges as they support anxious immigrants

The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2025

Trans Minnesota Shooter Says Lung Cancer Was Motive For School Shooting: 'I Want To Go Out on my Own Means'

Minnesota school shooter Robin Westman, 23, left a suicide note blaming vaping-induced lung cancer as the motive for fatally shooting two children and injuring 17 others during a Catholic Mass; the FBI labels the attack a hate-motivated terrorist act.

International Business Times UK · Aug 28, 2025

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Trump cancels contracts with refugee groups one day after judge blocks suspension of resettlement program

Lawyers for aid groups argue the administration is trying to get around court orders by cancelling contracts altogether

The Independent UK · Feb 27, 2025

The USAID shutdown is upending livelihoods for nonprofit workers, farmers and other Americans

The Trump administration's dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development is hurting a variety of U.S. companies, nonprofits and farms

The Independent UK · Feb 18, 2025

Rep. Issa Slams State Dept. Over Migrant Counseling Funding

Rep. Darrell Issa criticizes State Department for alleged funding of migrant counseling on asylum process, raising concerns about transparency in governmen...

A flyer in her name told migrants to vote for Biden. But she says she didn't write it

Viral images of the flyer were filmed in portable toilets of a migrant camp in Mexico, and they energized members of Congress. But NPR's reporting suggests the flyer is not what it purports to be.

WEKU · May 10, 2024

Republican congressmen are now talking about throwing migrants from helicopters

Anti-migrant rhetoric has reached the point of a congressman citing a far-right meme about Augusto Pinochet’s death-flights

The Guardian - US · Feb 5, 2024

Gunman found guilty on all charges in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre

PITTSBURGH — A jury of seven women and five men convicted Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers of all 63 charges against him Friday after less than 4½ hours of deliberation.

Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2023

Shooter found guilty of federal hate crimes in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre

PITTSBURGH — Jurors found the man accused of shooting and killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue guilty on federal charges Friday.

Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2023

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Tribune News Service · Jun 16, 2023

‘Hold him accountable for the people who couldn’t testify’: Jurors start deliberating in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial after closing arguments

PITTSBURGH — The case in the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial was handed to the jury Thursday afternoon.

The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2023

Gunman used social media attack to attack Jews before attack at Pittsburgh synagogue, jurors learn

A gunman who killed 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue ranted incessantly on social media about his hatred of Jews before the 2018 attack

The Independent UK · May 31, 2023

Police say Robert Bowers had an ‘unthinkable’ thought – then carried out America’s deadliest antisemitic attack

The trial of Robert Bowers, the man charged with perpetrating the deadliest antisemitic attack in American history at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018, began on Tuesday. Abe Asher writes

Zenger · May 17, 2023

The End Of Title 42 Puts Immigration In A Debate In Congress That Expired On Midnight On Thursday

Title 42 was part of the provision of the Public Health Service Act of 1944 to keep migrants in Mexico as a pandemic-era policy.

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The Independent UK · Apr 22, 2023

Pittsburgh Jews keep defying hate as synagogue trial nears

Three Jewish congregations in Pittsburgh are still waiting for justice four and a half years after the massacre that changed everything

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Nov 22, 2022

New immigrants and refugees in Philadelphia get first taste of Thanksgiving

PHILADELPHIA — Abdullah Amarkhail left everything behind in his home country of Afghanistan — his family, his friends, his career.

The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2022

New model to enlist regular Americans to resettle refugees

With refugee resettlement agencies overwhelmed after being gutted by the Trump administration, thousands of Americans heeded the call to help Afghans restart their lives in far-flung towns across the United States with little to no immigrant populations

Tribune News Service · Sep 2, 2022

In Tree of Life death penalty case, US prosecutors outline evidence of Bowers' history of hate ahead of 2023 trial

PITTSBURGH — Federal prosecutors this week gave notice to Robert Bowers' legal team that they will use his antisemitic vitriol on Gab.com at his trial as well as evidence from his phone, including a video of Jared Kushner in Jerusalem, images of Bowers making white supremacist gestures and antisemitic emails…

The Independent UK · Apr 3, 2022

Across US, faith groups mobilize to aid Ukrainian refugees

U.S. faith communities are leading the charge to welcome refugees displaced by the war in Ukraine

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