A program that helps refugees resettle in the United States has expanded to include LGBTQ+ people who have been threatened and harassed in their home countries.
  • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Cool, this independent nonprofit that utilizes unpaid volunteers and just happens to run with the US government’s blessing is totally sufficient, we definitely don’t have a blatantly obvious need for an actual government agency with paid staff and legal standing to advocate for migrants when local/county/state officials are being assholes that this token gesture is just an attempt to paper over or anything /s

      • gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world
        5·
        23 hours ago

        I have learned from experience not to trust in my ability to communicate clearly online, so sometimes I overdo it to make sure

        • the post of tom joad@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          23 hours ago

          Haha you’re right about the need for an /s. With a popular enough post there always someone who misreads otherwise. I actually wanted to compliment the intense feeling your post evoked, good jerb

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    …for now. We’ll se what happens on January 20th. The refugees will be going the other way and my family will be amongst them.