refugees

Looking relieved but exhausted, 1,200 Afghan refugees arrived this week at El Paso’s Fort Bliss. Meanwhile, Texans remain on the ground in an increasingly dangerous Afghanistan.

Amid a chaotic troop withdrawal, veteran and refugee advocates are worried as they try to relocate Afghans who helped U.S. and allied forces in the region.

The Taliban have seized control of Afghanistan as the U.S. completes its withdrawal. An Afghan immigrant from the Dallas area is worried for her family back home, and nonprofits in Texas are trying to help similar families.

President-elect Joe Biden has said his administration would raise the historically-low cap on the number of refugees allowed in the country.

Texas is among the states that have accepted the most refugees within their borders since 2002. But those numbers have dropped under the Trump administration.

Months and weeks before Gov. Greg Abbott said refugees would not be resettled in Texas this fiscal year, dozens of organizations and individuals lobbied…

A federal judge in Maryland has blocked the Trump administration's executive order allowing state and local governments to turn away refugees from…

Gov. Greg Abbott has told the U.S. State Department Texas will not accept refugees in the 2020 fiscal year.In a letter dated Jan. 10, Abbott tells U.S.…

A large majority of the country’s governors have told the Trump administration that their states will continue accepting refugees, but with less than…

Dallas County Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday welcoming refugees and consenting to resettlement in the county.The resolution is a…

Once a hub for refugees starting new lives and reuniting with their families, refugee resettlement efforts in Texas are now a shadow of what they once…

As the Trump administration slashes the number of refugees it will accept, global humanitarian groups say the U.S. could do more to save lives.