The US Must Not Turn Its Back On Refugees

Expand A woman carries her child in the rain along the railroad tracks after crossing the Hungary border from Serbia, heading towards the Roszke collection point where they will board a bus to a temporary detention camp. September 10, 2015. © 2015 Zalmaï for Human Rights Watch In the coming months, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will be pressed to make two critical decisions that will determine whether the United States will retreat further from its global role in protecting refugees. First, with President Donald Trump predisposed to drastically reduce refugee resettlement numbers, Secretary…

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