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The International Institute of Minnesota is a social service agency affiliated with United Way Worldwide and the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants.. The institute was founded on December 12, 1919 as a branch of the YWCA (Young Women's Christian Association) of Saint Paul, Minnesota to help immigrants arriving after World War I. [2] [3] The institute supports immigrants and their ...
Advocates of local enforcement of immigration laws argue that more regulatory local immigration policies would cause immigrants to flee those cities and possibly the United States altogether, [78] while opponents argue that regulatory policies on immigrants wouldn't affect their presence because immigrants looking for work will relocate towards ...
The Indochina Migration and Refugee Assistance Act, passed on May 23, 1975, under President Gerald Ford, was a response to the Fall of Saigon and the end of the Vietnam War. Under this act, approximately 130,000 refugees from South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia were allowed to enter the United States under a special status, and the act allotted ...
Minnesota saw a surge in refugees arriving over the last year, and that number is expected to keep growing. More than 1,500 refugees resettled here in the 2023 fiscal year, almost triple the ...
Kaohly Her. Kaohly Her (born June 18, 1973) is a Hmong-American politician serving in the Minnesota House of Representatives since 2019. A member of the Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Her represents District 64A, which includes parts of Saint Paul in Ramsey County, Minnesota. [1][2]
Born. 1957 (age 66–67) Education. Binghamton University (BA) Princeton University (MPA) New York University (JD) Eric Paul Schwartz (born 1957) is the current president of Refugees International and former United States Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration.
Walz signed two higher education bills in 2023 and 2024 that covered tuition costs at Minnesota’s public colleges and universities for students whose families earn less than $80,000 annually.
An Ecuadorian woman named Fernanda came before Minnesota Immigration Judge Katherine L. Hansen, carrying her American-born baby in a blanket. "I don't know if you can grant me asylum," Fernanda said.