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A Call to Action from our former client Kawser Amine
A Call to Action from our former client Kawser Amine
Dear JCFS Community, We are all sharing a time of uncertainty and fear with the current administration’s barrage of executive orders. This moment of anxiety is of course by design, and it can be difficult to know where to begin or what we can do. For Afghani refugees, fear is something that we are all…
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JFCS Easy Bay | East Bay Times 2
JFCS Easy Bay | East Bay Times 2
Read the published article here They entered the country legally to flee desperate conditions. Now, they could be deported As the Trump administration takes aim at legal immigration, some who were promised safety fear deportation Carmen, a journalist who from Nicaragua who fled her country for fear of government persecution, is photographed at an attorney’s…
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JFCS East Bay | JWeekly 2
JFCS East Bay | JWeekly 2
Read the published article here “Bashir,” an Afghan man in his 40s who fled Afghanistan in 2018, reunited with his family in April 2022 at Chabad of Fremont. (Bonnie Kellogg) Jewish aid groups scramble to help refugees new to Bay Area in a fearful time By Sue Fishkoff | February 10, 2025 Sign up for Weekday J and get…
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