Process Explorations: The US and its Global Leadership for Refugees with Eric Shafer, Sid Mohn, and Karla Leitzman
In the aftermath of World War 2, the United States emerged as a leader in the resettlement of persons displaced by war. With the birth of the United Nations, the global community articulated a commitment to the protection of refugees to which the US was party, and which was ultimately codified into U.S. law in 1980. The Trump Administration in its first term significantly reduced refugee admissions and within the initial weeks of Trump’s second Administration, all refugee admissions were suspended. The Rev. Dr. Sid Mohn, The Rev. Eric Shafer, and Karla Leitzman will join us for a discussion of the history of refugee resettlement and its current realities.