On today’s What Next: with no central government agency overseeing Afghan refugees’ resettlement, they must count on a patchwork of volunteers as they forge a new life in the U.S..
The U.S. has welcomed thousands Afghan refugees since pulling out of Afghanistan in 2021. Safe from the Taliban, but without social security numbers,credit ratings, or even sometimes basic English, they have to make a new life relying on a patchwork of volunteers and their wits.Lila and Basheer, Afghan refugees living in Maryland.
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