In his revised executive order, President Trump has cut the number of refugees allowed into the U.S. by more than half. But since the fall of last year, nearly 1800 refugees have already re-settled in New England, and more than a third of them are children and teens.
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A resettlement agency in western Massachusetts is hoping to welcome more refugees into the country before President Trump’s latest executive order goes into effect next week.
Warwick Fire Chief Ron Gates became emotional as he said the house was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived, and there was little they could do to prevent the tragedy.
As high volumes of migrants flee the United States to apply for asylum in Canada, one popular route into Quebec is just west of Lake Champlain. To get to the snowy illegal crossing, many are calling a cab. But there’s a catch: Some of those cabbies are coordinating with U.S. Border Patrol, and that practice has some civil liberties advocates concerned.
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