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LSI warns federal pause in refugee resettlement is straining local providers; council offers to help advocate
Summary
Lutheran Services in Iowa told the council federal changes have paused refugee resettlement reimbursements and placed local families at risk of homelessness; LSI asked the council to contact federal legislators and offered to share information about its local resettlement work.
Lutheran Services in Iowa told the Waterloo City Council that a federal pause in the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program is disrupting local resettlement services and leaving some recently arrived families at risk of homelessness.
"It is our country's best and most secure legal immigration pathway," Nick Wertz, director for immigrant and refugee community services at LSI, said of the federal program, describing how the Department of State partners with…
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