Tag: Refugees
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AHS leader honored for decades of service in Alameda County
OAKLAND, Calif., Sept. 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Sambo Ly, Alameda Health System’s (AHS’) manager of interpreter services, has won the Icon Award from Bay Area news station KPIX in recognition of her decades of service to refugees and community members in Alameda County. The Icon Award highlights people who have made a significant and…
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Tackling the No. 1 issue in Colorado: Immigration | Vince Bzdek
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save “They let — I think the real number is 15, 16 million people into our country. When they do that, we got a lot of work to do. They’re poisoning the blood of our country. … I said, ‘No, they’re not humans, they’re not humans,…
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How the town of Carbondale, Colorado scrambled after hundreds of immigrants arrived at its doorstep
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save No one seems to know exactly how a remote mountain town like Carbondale, Colorado, became the destination for upwards of 150 mostly Venezuelan immigrants in search of the American dream. The “newcomers,” as they’re called in the Aspen bedroom community, originally arrived in Denver aboard…
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UN Ambassador visits Denver, discusses new initiative to welcome refugees to the U.S.
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United Nations Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield met with refugees in Denver on Friday and discussed the Biden-Harris administration’s new initiative to enlist the support of everyday Americans to help a fraction of the millions of people who have been displaced by persecution, violence and war around the world. Thomas-Greenfield visited Denver just a few weeks after…
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EDITORIAL: Polis ships refugees to cities they choose
Refugees fleeing oppression arrive in Colorado by busloads. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis ships most of them out, leading to headlines that compare him to the Republican governors of Florida and Texas — each of whom buses immigrants here illegally to other states. New York Mayor Eric Adams complained this week that his city cannot handle…
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Things looking up for Ukrainian family profiled by The Denver Gazette
Life just got better for a Ukrainian family from Kharkiv who fled the Russian invasion, endured a harrowing 136-hour journey to Mexico and finally landed in Broomfield with relatives last month. The three generations of women, Zina Ryf and Oksana and Adelina Voskresenska, entered the U.S. with nothing but a few clothes, their cellphones and…
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Ukrainian refugees won’t be coming to Colorado any time soon
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Coloradans watching lines of Ukrainians escape the war with Russia are wondering whether their paths will lead them to the Rocky Mountains. But the Office of New Americans cautioned that this won’t be happening any time soon. The refugee resettlement process can take years because…
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Colorado braces for what it means to be a safe haven for refugees from war-torn Afghanistan
Thirty Afghan orphans who somehow survived the chaotic exit from Kabul airport on top of months of uncertainty traveling alone are headed to Colorado. Denver Human Services says it’s the biggest influx of parentless kids that the organization has seen in recent memory. “We aren’t sure of the details as to how they became unaccompanied,”…
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Caring Coloradans offer help to Afghan refugees after Gazette story
There’s been an outpouring of support from Colorado families inspired by a recent Gazette story about a Colorado Springs veteran who has offered to open his home to a stranded Afghan woman. One woman, Deb Hood, volunteered money to fly the woman to the U.S. Others are wondering if they can help other Afghans left…
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Afghan interpreter, family among the first wave of refugees arriving in Colorado
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Ahmad Siddiqi, an Afghan interpreter, and his family arrived at Denver International Airport Tuesday evening. They were greeted by Siddiqi’s friend Captain Scott Henkel and his family as well as local government officials. { “@context”: “https://schema.org”, “@type”: “VideoObject”, “name”: “NEWS | Afghan interpreter and his…