Syracuse Refugee Program Will Be 'Effectively Shut Down' by Trump Order

 

By Mark Weiner

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- President Donald Trump's plan for a moratorium on refugee resettlement in the United States had a chilling effect Thursday on a Syracuse nonprofit that has helped thousands of refugees start a new life in the city.

InterFaith Works of Central New York said Trump's planned executive order will force the organization to shut down most of its Center for New Americans and lay off or cut back hours for 14 to 15 staffers.

The president's order, which could come as early as this afternoon, would also place in limbo the 40 to 50 refugees per month who have been granted U.S. State Department permission to resettle in Syracuse through the local program.

"It will have a very significant effect on InterFaith Works," the organization's President and CEO Beth Broadway said of Trump's executive action. "With no new refugees coming, the resettlement part of our operation will effectively be shut down." 

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Source: syracuse.com (via The Empire Report)