Protecting Dreamers: Response to Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Remand of DACA Litigation
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On October 5, 2022, a federal appeals court found the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals policy, known as DACA, in violation of U.S. immigration law. The Fifth Circuit Court of […]
Launch delayed for Medicaid tailored plans – NC Health News | NC Health News
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BY Clarissa Donnelly-DeRoven Read more: https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2022/09/30/rollout-of-special-medicaid-plans-for-complicated-patients-will-be-delayed-until-april/ Back in August, Lucy Plyler was mailed a 19-page letter from the state health department. The letter said that the way Victoria, her 24-year-old […]
Food and Nutrition Services Change: October 2022
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UPDATED: FEBRUARY 2023 Almost all Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) households, known as SNAP nationwide, will see an increase in their FNS benefits on October 1, 2022. These changes will be made automatically; households did not […]
Justice Lives Here Newsletter: September 2022
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One year after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, Afghans in Charlotte are in legal limbo | Axios Charlotte
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By Danielle Chemtob Read more: Axios Charlotte Tahira Askari and her family arrived at the chaotic scene at the Kabul airport last August, with a crowd of people surrounding the walls, […]
Afghan refugees find ‘different world’ in Charlotte — and a new set of challenges | Charlotte Observer
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BY DJ SIMMONS AND WILL WRIGHT Read more: https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/article264677989.html#storylink=cpy Americans watched the Afghan government fall from afar. But for Bahroz Mohmand, the moment marked the high-stakes culmination of a plan […]
Afghans in U.S. await stability and immigration answers | WFAE
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By: Kayla Young Read more: Afghans in U.S. await stability and immigration answers | WFAE 90.7 – Charlotte’s NPR News Source A year after the fall of Kabul, Afghans who […]
Tahira, a 17-year-old Afghan evacuee and Advocacy Center client, shares her journey to the US and what it is like to live in legal limbo | Spectrum News
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When 17-year old Tahira Askari fled Taliban controlled Kabul last August, she did not know what life would be like for her in America. Tahira and her uncle, Bahroz Mohmand, […]
Afghan Adjustment Act
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When Afghanistan returned to Taliban control in August 2021, over 76,000 Afghans were forced to flee their country and seek refuge in the United States. Many of the evacuees were […]
One man’s journey to save his family from the Taliban
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When the government of Afghanistan fell in August 2021, Americans watched with disbelief at how quickly the country would slip into Taliban rule. News footage showed swarms of American and […]