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Washington, DC, April 28, 2021 Chairwoman Sinema, Ranking Member Lankford and distinguished Senators:
I am grateful for the opportunity to share from the perspective of the International Rescue Committee, which has a unique vantage point as an NGO working across the full arc of crisis for thousands of asylum seekers from conflict and disaster regions to recovery and protection. In my role specifically, I oversee the operations of the Welcome Center in Arizona, which is a 24-hour shelter serving newly arrived asylum seekers and their children.
The Center provides emergency humanitarian assistance alongside local community partners and works closely with similar shelters in Tucson, Casa Alitas and The Inn, to provide a regional response across the state. Beyond Arizona, the Welcome Center is a member of the Border Asylum Shelter Coalition (BASC), composed of partners offering critical services to families from San Diego to Brownsville. This netwo
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April 5, 2021 By Waterways Journal
The board of commissioners of the Mississippi State Port Authority (MSPA) has named Jon Nass the new CEO and executive director of the Port of Gulfport.
“After nearly an eight-month process, the MSPA commission is very pleased to announce we have selected a new executive director to lead the Port of Gulfport team,” said E.J. Roberts, president of the board. “Jon’s extensive background includes port management, economic development, homeland security and policy advising, making him an ideal candidate to lead our state port.”
Nass comes to Gulfport from the Maine Port Authority, where he has served as CEO for just over 2.5 years. While there, Nass helped develop the only container terminal in northern New England, raising funds for port and rail infrastructure in the process. He also helped establish a public-private partnership to build Maine’s only publicly –availabl
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