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FILE: Malalay, an Afghan refugee, wipes a tear after speaking in front of Integrated Refugee & Immigrant Services (IRIS) in New Haven. At right is Jessica DeVos, legal intern at IRIS coordinating afghan reunification program. Malalay fears for her family still in Afghanistan, and hopes to become a U.S. citizen through the new Afghan Adjustment Act so she may help her family come to America.
Ryan Caron King
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Connecticut Public
“It's essentially saying, ‘We've welcomed people into this country, and now we are not going to provide the support that we as a nation and an international system have promised to them,’” said one agency CEO.
Cold Current Kelp co-owner Krista Rosen holds up an example of wild sugar kelp that has grown on the company’s previously planted line in Kittery, Maine, on Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. (Austin Leathers for the New England News Collaborative)
Austin Leathers
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for the New England News Collaborative
Winter is planting season for kelp, a growing industry in New England.