refugees

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He has called on the bishops to defend the rights and dignity of immigrants and refugees, and they have answered by submitting legal briefs to the Supreme Court on their behalf.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

“My parents are Hungarian refugees from communism,” Hilton said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026

Restrictions on eligibility for asylees, refugees and victims of human trafficking under Section 10108 are expected to affect roughly 90,000 people per month — those already living at the margins of the margins.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

The Continent should want to reopen the Gulf quickly and avoid another surge of refugees.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

At the end of this campaign, five thousand Cherokees were made refugees, and the number of deaths remained uncounted.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz