The tragic stories are far too common: little girls forced into marriage with another youth, or even a much older man. The International Center for Research…
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German Officials Working to Recognize Child-Marriages Among Syrian Refugees
Maine to Withdraw from Federal Refugee Resettlement Program
Governor Paul LePage announced last week that Maine will withdraw from the federal Refugee Resettlement Program, citing security concerns. Maine will become the sixteenth state to…
50 Years of Special Treatment for Cubans
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Adjustment Act, a Cold War-era law that provides immigration benefits to Cuban migrants not offered to citizens of…
Asylum Requests: History Repeating?
Although it is characterized in the media as a new phenomenon of aliens showing up at the border and requesting asylum, it is not new. It…
FAIR Holds Newspaper Accountable on Syrian Refugee Story
The recent (Friday, Oct. 21) article about First District Supervisor candidate Angela Valles’s concerns regarding the resettlement of Syrian refugees in her community without public notification…