Tag: Afghan refugees
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Opinion: Afghan refugees are carefully vetted before entering the U.S.
In a recent letter (Refugees will change voting demographics, Oct. 1) about the arrival in the U.S. of refugees from Afghanistan, Ira Marks expresses a pre-set political judgment that deliberately overlooks and bypasses important evidence to the contrary. We write to propose a more balanced view of the arrival of those refugees. First, there…
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Middlesex College Dental Hygiene program donates supplies to Afghan refugees
The Middlesex College Dental Hygiene program collected hundreds of toothbrushes, toothpaste and other supplies for Afghan refugees who are living at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. The donations were dropped off to the Amnesty International Club at North Hunterdon High School, which will transport them to the base where over 9,000 Afghan refugees are housed and in…
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Opinion: Refugees will change voting demographics
“Give us you’re tired, you’re poor, you’re Democratic voters.” A Sept. 1 report from the Wall Street Journal states that “The U.S. State Department estimates that it left behind the majority of Afghan interpreters and others that helped our U.S. forces.” “Further, the U.S. still doesn’t have reliable data on who was evacuated, nor what…
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Islamic Society of Central Jersey is collecting supplies for Afghan refugees today
The Islamic Society of Central Jersey will hold an Afghan Refugee Donation Drive from noon to 3 p.m. today, Aug. 29, in front of Mod 1, 4145 Route 1, South Brunswick. To support the refugees who arrived at Fort Dix, money, hijabs, scarves, kufi, tasbeeh, miswaak, prayer rugs, abayas, diapers, baby wipes, baby formula, feminine…