Afghan refugees in Atlanta receive federal funding for English classes

U.S. Congressman for Georgia Hank Johnson secured $400,000 for recent Afghan refugees to take English classes at Georgia State University.

In the year and a half, since the U.S. withdrew troops from Afghanistan, nearly 2,000 Afghans refugees fled to Georgia – largely in the metro Atlanta area.

“To offer the opportunity to enhance English as a second language, it’s going to have effects two, three, four generations down the line,” Johnson said. “We’re investing in our future.”