Detroit's Chaldean community fears for Middle East Christians
The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq and Arab Spring revolutions have meant a year of anxiety for Metro Detroit’s Arab Christian community. Most members of that community are Chaldean, mostly Iraqi...
View ArticleMichigan Syrians take risks to help refugees
Members of Michigan’s Syrian community are stepping up to help refugees fleeing the bloody conflict in that country. Some lawyers in particular are helping Syrians seeking “temporary protected status”...
View ArticleImproving refugee mental health in Michigan
Last year, some 8,100 refugees and asylum seekers fled their home countries and came to Michigan hoping to start a new life.Many of these people might have wanted to stay at home, but war and organized...
View ArticleSewing circles provide opportunities for women refugees
Twelve years ago, St. Vincent's Catholic Charities in Lansing started a job training program for women refugees, but organizers soon realized these women needed something other than job training. "If...
View ArticleStateside for Tuesday, May 28th, 2013
There are many ideas and strategies being talked about for how to keep young people in Michigan. On today's show: we spoke with one young writer who says it's simply not enough.And we heard about how...
View ArticleMichigan will help immigrant professionals
LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Gov. Rick Snyder has announced a partnership designed to help skilled immigrants and refugees living in Michigan integrate into the workforce.Snyder's office says the program...
View ArticleSnyder: More needs to be done to help refugees in Michigan
The number of refugees who have settled in Michigan has grown in recent years – and Governor Rick Snyder says more should be done to help them.At a town hall meeting at the Arab American National...
View ArticleDetroit suburbs see influx of Iraqis as global refugee population soars
Hundreds of people gathered at a Warren park this past weekend for a picnic celebrating World Refugee Day--and the area’s growing refugee community.According to state data, of the 4658 refugees...
View ArticleSome children fleeing Central American violence may be headed to Michigan
Michigan will probably receive some refugee children from Central America—but not an “overwhelming number” of them, according to one immigrant rights advocate.About 50,000 unaccompanied minors, mostly...
View ArticleMichigan refugee services in danger of losing $800,000
May Anayi was forced to flee her home in Baghdad after the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq. She’s a teacher. But her certificate is not valid in the United States.She says finding a new career in Michigan...
View Article"We don't want him to be dead:" One man's family rallies against his deportation
Supporters of a metro Detroit man facing deportation pleaded his case in front of Detroit’s federal courthouse Monday.Jose Adolfo Zaldana came to the U.S. illegally. He’s been in U.S. Immigration and...
View ArticleLessenberry talks abortion and pot bills, money and refugees
This Week in Michigan Politics, Jack Lessenberry and Christina Shockley discuss proposed bills relating to abortion and medical marijuana, what’s behind the $21 million lobbyists spent at the state...
View ArticleFor Syrian refugees starting over, a chance to celebrate
A group of Syrian refugee families had a special time in a school gymnasium this past weekend.About a dozen families came out to the Beverly Hills Academy in suburban Detroit to celebrate Eid...
View ArticleMetro Detroit's Arab community prepares for Syrian refugees
It's the biggest refugee crisis since World War II.Syrian men, women, and children are fleeing the war and carnage in their homeland, desperately trying to get to a country that will welcome them, and...
View ArticleO'Malley calls for US to accept more Syrian refugees, condemns "xenophobic...
One of three remaining Democrats in the Presidential race stopped in Dearborn Friday.Former Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley met with Syrian and Iraqi refugees now living in Metro Detroit, before...
View ArticleSyrian refugee haven planned at former Pontiac school and neighborhood
Plans are in motion to build a Syrian refugee haven around an abandoned Pontiac elementary school.The project is the brainchild of some Metro Detroit Syrian-American refugee advocates.Local businessman...
View ArticleAdvocates urge Gov. Snyder to reconsider "hasty" decision on Syrian refugees
Michigan’s Syrian American community and its supporters are urging Governor Snyder to resume efforts to re-settle refugees in the state.Snyder had taken a welcoming stance toward Syrian refugees.But...
View ArticlePlans for Syrian refugee center moving forward in Pontiac
Plans to transform an abandoned elementary school and nearby vacant lots in Pontiac into a community center catering to Syrian refugees are moving forward.This in spite of Gov. Rick Snyder's...
View ArticleLessenberry talks Syrian refugees and guns
For this Week in Michigan Politics, I spoke with senior news analyst Jack Lessenberry about how the terrorist attacks overseas could impact Michigan, and whether Governor Snyder has the power to put on...
View ArticleSnyder trying to clear his record in statements on refugees
Governor Rick Snyder was the first governor in the nation to speak out on refugees following last week’s terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut. And he may have come to regret it as he tries to clarify...
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