The 2024 Summer Olympics closed on Sunday, and Team USA once again dominated the games, winning an astounding 126 medals, including 40 gold medals. Contributors to this incredible medal count included a number of athletes with immigrant roots. Gymnast Suni Lee, the daughter of a refugee born in Laos,...
Continue
»
Naomi Girma is a proud daughter of Ethiopian immigrants and a Stanford University graduate with a degree in computational linguistics. She has been described as “one of the best defenders in the world” by one of her former soccer teammates. She may soon add Olympic medalist to her inspiring...
Continue
»
A Catholic deanery in the San Francisco Bay Area has established a refugee support committee to help recent arrivals integrate into their new communities with greater ease. The Alameda Deanery’s Welcome the Stranger (WTS) program, inspired by Pope Francis’ ongoing call to welcome the stranger, has already assisted several...
Continue
»
The IOC Refugee Olympic Team was met with resounding applause at Friday’s opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. They were led by Cameroon-born boxer Cindy Ngamba and Syria-born taekwondo athlete Yahya Al Ghotany, who had the honor of being designated flag bearers for what is only...
Continue
»
Fernando Dayán Jorge Enriquez, a Cuban refugee and canoeist who now calls Florida his home, is among 37 athletes set to compete at the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics as part of the IOC Refugee Olympic Team. “The team was created for the Rio Olympics in 2016 as a symbol...
Continue
»
Two New England states recently welcomed new arrivals under Welcome Corps, the Biden administration’s expanded program allowing groups of Americans to sponsor a refugee. In Connecticut, a group of sponsors welcomed a family of six that initially fled the Syrian civil war in 2012. At that time, Zyad Al...
Continue
»
Earth Day 2024 is an important reminder that the global climate crisis and migration are intrinsically intertwined. While people migrate for a variety of reasons, such as family reunification or to seek asylum from life-threatening factors like state persecution and gang violence, climate change and related environmental crises have...
Continue
»
New data shows that tens of thousands of Americans have signed up to help welcome refugees under the Biden administration’s recent expansion of its private sponsorship program. Niskanen Center said that new figures from the Community Sponsorship Hub reveal that 65,000 people have signed up to be a part...
Continue
»
New data reveals one of the strongest indicators yet that the U.S. refugee system has been steadily rebounding following massive cuts under the previous presidential administration: The number of refugees resettled in the United States during this current fiscal year could reach the highest levels seen in decades. “According...
Continue
»
Listen to an audio snippet of this blog: “I think it’s great when people can help people outside of themselves.” Listen & read on how these inspiring individuals are lending a helping hand to refugees and migrants: https://t.co/D2L04Muar2 #WelcomeWithDignity pic.twitter.com/9FG5MwY53o — America’s Voice (@AmericasVoice) March 20, 2024 The vast...
Continue
»
