A Country of Welcome

President Biden's decision this week to raise the refugee ceiling to 62,500 came after a broad range of voices urged the administration to reconsider their initial decision to keep the ceiling at the historically low 15,000 set by President Trump. Ali speaks with Edafe Okporo, a global gay rights activist and executive director of the RDJ Refugee Shelter in Harlem, New York, about his experience with the US asylum system and how he is trying to help other asylees. We also hear from Jenny Yang, Senior Vice President of Advocacy and Policy at World Relief , about the growing need for refugee resettlement.

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A Country of Welcome is an episode from Only in America with Ali Noorani by National Immigration Forum.

This episode is 19:16 long.

This episode was published on Dec 28, 2021.

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