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Media Coverage

Refugees set to resettle in Minnesota next month now barred entry after Trump order

Minnesota Now with Nina Moini | MPR News

January 21, 2025 | Among the flurry of executive orders from President Donald Trump on day one, was an order to temporarily suspend all refugee resettlement. Jane Graupman, executive director of International Institute of Minnesota, and Nasreen Sajady, executive director of the Afghan Cultural Society, joined Minnesota Now to talk about what’s next.