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Presider Vice President for National Program and Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations Paul Angelo, fellow for Latin America studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, discusses the migrant situation at the U.S.-Mexico border.   This webinar is part of the Religion and Foreign Policy Programs Social Justice and Foreign Policy series, which explores the relationship between religion and social justice.  FASKIANOS: Welcome to the Council on Foreign Relations Social Justice and Foreign Poli...

SAN DIEGO - More than 260 refugees who were vetted, approved and booked to come to the United States have had their flights cancelled by the State Depar...

Refugee resettlement agencies say more than 260 refugees who were vetted, approved and booked to come to the United States have had their flights canceled by the State Department over the past two weeks

Refugees are being removed from flights to the US as they await Bidens signature CNN 3/2/2021 By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN © Anna Moneymaker/Pool/Getty Images WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 01: U.S. President Joe Biden looks on during a virtual meeting with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on March 1, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker-Pool/Getty Images) Hundreds of refugees who had been approved -- and booked -- t...

By Patrick Goodenough | February 11, 2021 | 4:34am EST Refugees in a displaced persons camp in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images) (CNSNews.com) – The Trump administration’s refugee policies led to an increased proportion of Christians among those resettled in the United States – but because overall refugee numbers were reduced so significantly, far fewer followers of the world’s most persecuted religious faith we...

President Joe Biden says the days of the U.S. “rolling over” to Russian President Vladimir Putin are gone as he called for the immediate release of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. During his first visit to the State Department as president on Thursday, Biden issued his strongest condemnation of Putin as large protests have broken out throughout Russia following the jailing of Navalny. The new American president was also seeking to make clear to the world that he's making a d...

As President-elect Joe Biden announced his picks for the Cabinet, the joke went around on Jewish Twitter that the West Wing would have a minyan. Indeed, at least 10 prominent Jews have been nominated to key positions. There’s Ronald Klain (chief of staff); Anthony Blinken (Secretary of State); Janet Yellen (Treasury); Merrick Garland (Attorney General); Alejandro Mayorkas (Homeland Security);and Avril Haines (Director of National Intelligence). One level down are Wendy Sherman (deputy Secreta...

(RNS) — President-elect Joe Biden, who takes office in less than two weeks, has expressed support for rebuilding the U.S. refugee program.

WASHINGTON (RNS) — President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security held a roundtable meeting with an array of faith groups on Friday (Dec. 18), a gathering participants described as “refreshing” and a shift away from the Trump administration’s combative relationship with religious organizations regarding immigration and refugee policy. The long list of attendees huddled virtually with Alejandro Mayorkas, a Cuban American Sephardic Jew and former refugee...

Others, but not a word from the white house, nor has any political appointee at the state department contacted us, and certainly jared and ivanka have not either. even though hias, jared kushner frankly wouldnt be here were it not for hias. we rescued his grandparents and brought them to this country. >> mark, hias became the focus really of robert bowers rage because you help immigrants from all over the world. he wrote on social media that hias likes to bring invaders in and kill our people. w...