City Cast Boise: The Resettlement Program is Paused. Now What?

Episode 45 February 26, 2025 00:24:23
City Cast Boise: The Resettlement Program is Paused. Now What?
Mosaics
City Cast Boise: The Resettlement Program is Paused. Now What?

Feb 26 2025 | 00:24:23

/

Show Notes

Join us for a conversation with local podcast City Cast Boise about Boise's rich history of resettlement and the current executive order that abruptly suspended the program. Where are things now? Moses Mukengezi was resettled with his family in 2007, and he’s talking about his story alongside Holly Beech from the Idaho Office for Refugees. City Cast Boise host Lindsay Van Allen is finding out the pause means on the local level — both for the families caught in limbo and the agencies scrambling to support them. Plus, what would a permanent pause in resettlement mean for Boise’s identity?
 
Here’s more information on the lawsuit that was filed in federal court in Seattle seeking to reverse the Trump administration’s refugee resettlement order.

Other Episodes

Episode 17

September 20, 2023 00:29:36
Episode Cover

New Americans in the Classroom

This week we hear how the experiences of refugee resettlement impact children in the classroom, and what teachers can do to build a culture...

Listen

Episode 28

January 24, 2024 00:43:29
Episode Cover

Sakhi Hasmati on His Work and Experience in Refugee Resettlement

Sakhi Hasmati was born in Afghanistan and lived in Pakistan, India, and United Arab Emirates before moving to Idaho to reunite with his parents...

Listen

Episode 24

November 15, 2023 00:36:42
Episode Cover

Global Talent Docs: The Journey for New American Doctors

Idaho comes in last place for the number of doctors we have per capita. Yet when immigrant and refugee physicians move here, the process...

Listen