New Era In Resettlement : U.S. Refugee Advocates Count On More Community-Based Help
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When President Biden announced this week that his administration would raise the cap on refugee admissions to 62,500 for this fiscal year, refugee advocates breathed a collective sigh of relief. The number is far above the historically low limit of 15,000 refugees set by the Trump administration. Biden s announcement was a stark turnaround after weeks of pushback from refugee advocates, outraged by a previous order keeping the 15,000 limit.
One of those most elated by this week s announcement is Ed Shapiro, a Boston-based philanthropist and advocate for reimagining the U.S. refugee resettlement system to enable a lot more community-based efforts.
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When President Biden announced this week that his administration would raise the cap on refugee admissions to 62,500 for this fiscal year, refugee advocates breathed a collective sigh of relief. The number is far above the historically low limit of 15,000 refugees set by the Trump administration. Biden s announcement was a stark turnaround after weeks of pushback from refugee advocates, outraged by a previous order keeping the 15,000 limit.
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Anur Abdella (center), a refugee from Sudan, with colleagues at the moving company where he works in Connecticut. A multifaith team of local volunteers has helped Abdella, his wife and children get settled into their new life in the U.S.
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Step into your new, microscopic time machine. Scientists at the University of Colorado Boulder have discovered that a type of single-celled organism living in modern-day oceans may have a lot in common with life forms that existed billions of years ago and that fundamentally transformed the planet.
The new research, which will appear Jan. 6 in the journal
Science Advances, is the latest to probe the lives of what may be nature s hardest working microbes: cyanobacteria.
These single-celled, photosynthetic organisms, also known as blue-green algae, can be found in almost any large body of water today. But more than 2 billion years ago, they took on an extra important role in the history of life on Earth: During a period known as the Great Oxygenation Event, ancient cyanobacteria produced a sudden, and dramatic, surge in oxygen gas.
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Ohio COVID-19 Update: Next vaccination phase; local health departments and hospitals; new maps Governor Mike DeWine announced the goals of Phase 1B of COVID-19 vaccine distribution are to save lives and for schools to be fully open by March 1. (Photos courtesy of the Ohio Governor s Office) A map measuring COVID-19 cases per capita over time. This map shows each Hospital Preparedness Region and what percent of the overall ICU patient population are COVID patients. • • • Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted Wednesday provided the following updates on Ohio s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and Lt. Governor Jon Husted Wednesday provided the following updates on Ohio s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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