Atlanta’s large refugee resettlement communities are recalibrating as President Donald Trump’s executive order stopping refugees goes into effect.
One of Trump’s first actions in office this term was to suspend resettlement of highly vetted refugees, a repeat of policies from his first term. Now, for at least the next three months, no refugees will be resettled to Atlanta.
“Could you imagine being like, ‘I’ve been in a refugee camp for 20 years. February 4th. I’m going to America. I get to live out the American dream,’” said Justin Howell, the executive director of the International Rescue Committee in Atlanta.
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