By Nicholas Zifcak
Epoch Times Staff
Jan. 26, 2010
Grant money available for refugees doubled from $900 to $1800, the State Department announced on Monday. The money is paid to resettlement agencies who find housing and help newly arrived refugees acclimate to the United States.
Daniel E. Slotnik
January 19, 2010
The motorcycle pulled alongside Carlos Martin’s Renault during a drive in Cartagena, Colombia. It was Dec. 18, 2000. Mr. Martin did not notice the bike, or the two men riding it, until they opened fire.
By Alfonso Chardy Crline
Hundreds of undocumented Haitian immigrants crowded inside Notre Dame D'Haiti Catholic Church on Monday morning for help in filing applications for Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, a federal immigration program that will allow them to remain legally in the United States and obtain work permits.
By Kari Haskell, New York Times
Dec. 29, 2009
By Joshua Saul
December 22, 2009
Leela Subba was born in Bhutan, but now he works at the Burger King on Northern Lights in Anchorage, cooking burgers and fries to help pay the rent on the four-bedroom Midtown apartment he shares with his family.
By Jennifer Lloyd
December 21, 2009
As Iraqi refugee Haifaa Hassein stepped on a plane to travel to the United States with her four children, she felt as though she was venturing into the unknown.
December 20, 2009
By Kristin Collins, McClatchy Newspapers
APEX, N.C. -- In the five months since immigration agents knocked on her door, Norma Villeda has sold her home and furnishings and shuttered her husband's business. She now sleeps in the living room of her sister-in-law's trailer, what's left of her possessions packed into three suitcases.
But the biggest loss has yet to come.
By Michelle Lee
December 13, 2009
ATLANTIC CITY — Last year, Joseph Klaw and his relatives were living in a refugee camp on the border between Thailand and Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.
This year, the 22-year-old is living in Atlantic City and working at Trump Plaza, thanks to a refugee resettlement program run by Catholic Charities.
