“The U.S. Needs to Resettle More Iraqis”
Posted by Wynne Boelt on November 16th, 2007
 Photo: Peter Biro/The IRC |
| The Chicago Tribune reported on the resettlement of Iraqi refugees in the U.S. on Monday. Michael Kocher, IRC deputy vice president for international development and partnerships, said the U.S. needs to resettle more Iraqis. “The humanitarian needs to be separated from the political here,” Kocher said “As world leaders with a stated obligation to the people of Iraq, we should be doing more than the token amount. … We have a noble history as a country of responding with generosity during refugee crises. But we haven’t done it here yet.” Newsday also ran the article. |
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December 31st, 2007 at 11:22 pm
I would like to express my gratitude for all efforts made to support Iraqi Refugees. I am Iraqi Translator, I came to US with Special immigrant Visa granted to Iraqi Translators and unlike refugees, I do not have any kind of benifit or accommodation that provided to Refugees. how could I get access to such benifits and could you assisst me in bringing my wife to US in terms of paying travels fair.
thanks again
January 2nd, 2008 at 8:54 am
S. Ab–thanks for your comment. I’ll forward it to colleagues who deal with immigration issues and post any response I get.