Faith and nonprofit groups who do refugee resettlement in the region and rely on federal funds have grappled with the dire effects of recent executive orders related to refugees and immigrants.
Those orders include suspending entry of undocumented migrants for any reason at the southern border; canceling use of an app for asylum seekers to schedule appointments; using the U.S. Northern Command to seal borders and repealing the 14th Amendment that grants birthright citizenship.
Some recent Spokesman Review articles, which tell stories of some who have been detained, contradict the claim that the priority would be to deport undocumented migrants who pose threats to security.
The threats of these policies and their actual implementation have had impact . . . . .
