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December 24, 2020

'Lost Girl' brought to the US amid Sudan war connects with surviving family member after 30 years

In a year pockmarked by an ongoing pandemic, the type of tragedy that brings faded war memories back to life, Rebecca Deng has a reason to truly celebrate Christmas in her snow-dusted home of Holland, Mich., this year.

September 14, 2020

Anthony Weiner piecing together shattered life as CEO of broken glass factory

The former Democratic congressman — whose serial sexting cost him his political career and later sent him to prison — was recently named the CEO of IceStone, which has a factory in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, The Post has learned.

September 8, 2020

37 million people displaced by global war on terror: report

Brown University's Costs of War project estimated in a new report Tuesday that 37 million people have been displaced in the nearly 20 years since former President George W. Bush declared a "global war on terror."

January 15, 2020

Federal judge blocks Trump order allowing states, local officials to refuse refugees

A federal judge on Wednesday blocked the enforcement of President Trump’s executive order that would allow state and local officials to opt out of accepting refugees -- the latest judicial hurdle for the administration’s immigration policies.

January 11, 2020

Omar responds after Texas uses Trump executive order to opt out of refugee program

Texas became the first state to announce it will opt out of a federal refugee resettlement program in 2020 – a decision made possible by an executive order by President Trump.

December 8, 2019

North Dakota county to vote on whether to stop accepting refugees

A county in North Dakota will decide Monday whether it will stop accepting refugees, potentially becoming the first since President Trump issued an executive order making it possible.

September 26, 2019

Trump administration proposes cutting refugee limit to lowest level in program's history

The Trump administration Thursday recommended cutting the number of refugees admitted to the United States to 18,000-- the lowest number since the resettlement program began in 1980.

September 6, 2019

Trump administration may consider fresh cutback to refugee cap, official says

The Trump administration may consider a making significant reduction to the number of refugees admitted into the U.S. beginning next month due to a massive backlog of more than 900,000 asylum cases.

July 27, 2019

Soerens and Yang: Trump has a choice to make -- Ban refugees or truly restore American greatness?

President Trump has a choice to make.

July 11, 2019

Warren plans to increase annual refugee admissions nearly 800 percent from FY2018

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., on Thursday released a sweeping immigration plan that would dramatically increase the number of refugee admissions by nearly 800 percent from FY 2018 and 250 percent from the Obama years.