The refugee cap was cut from over a hundred thousand to just 15 thousand last year, which is a historic level. Binewill turned minnesota into a refugee camp. And he said that overwhelming public resources, overcrowding schools and inundating or hospitals. When ben took office, he initially refused to raise the refugee cap, saying that it would be impossible for us.
The United States’ 20-year war in Afghanistan is officially over. Vox’s Nicole Narea explains what’s next for the more than 100,000 refugees evacuated from Kabul.
This episode was produced by Will Reid and Amina Al-Sadi, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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