Trump freeze leaves new refugees in U.S. scrambling to adjust : NPR
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on March 8, 2025
Jefferson, a political refugee from Nicaragua, sits in the one-bedroom apartment he shares with another refugee in Riverdale, Md., on Feb. 27. Soon after arriving in the U.S. his resettlement case manager was laid off because of a federal funding freeze.
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When 21-year-old Jefferson arrived in the U.S. in December, a case manager from a resettlement agency met him at the airport and took him straight to an apartment. Within a month, the manager also helped him land a job . . .
