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1300 afghans expected
Detroit Free Press: Michigan earmarks $500,000 for arriving AfghansMichigan has allocated $500,000 to help house about 1,300 Afghans expected to arrive in the state. The funds will be used for temporary housing until resettlement agencies can provide permanent housing. The state has also set up a new website that the public can use for donations and to…
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SAVE Publishes Info on Afghan Special Immigrant Conditional Permanent Resident Status and Non-Special Immigrant Parolees The Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) program published supplemental information regarding Afghan special immigrant (SI) lawful permanent residents (LPRs) and parolees. SAVE noted that although some Afghans will continue to be admitted as SI LPRs or provided SI parole,…
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WKBW: Buffalo groups raising funds to support 350 AfghansA consortium of five groups is raising money to support 350 Afghan evacuees coming to Buffalo, N.Y., while their asylum cases are being decided. Unlike refugees and Special Immigrant Visa holders from Afghanistan, these evacuees will not have access to federally funded services and progra
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CBS: Afghan resettlements in the U.S.The rapid Taliban conquest of Afghanistan and the frantic evacuations have sparked conversation about U.S. efforts to resettle Afghans who aided U.S. forces. Plans to airlift and relocate Afghan allies face serious logistic and political challenges.
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