Hi John,  

Earlier this month, Only In America released our
powerful two-part series "A Country of Welcome," which you really
should check out.  

A little bit from behind the scenes on this series 

**- **we put this together as President Biden announced he was
raising the refugee ceiling to 62,500 for this fiscal year, after first
keeping the refugee ceiling at a historic low. It added meaning to the
episodes

**- **we were able to see firsthand the power of our voices (which
made us tear up while editing Part II together even more).  

In the first part
 of the
series, we hear from Edafe Okporo  
about his experiences with the US asylum system and how he is trying to
help other asylees, and from Jenny Yang
, Senior Vice President of Advocacy and
Policy at World Relief, about the work advocates across the country did
around raising the refugee ceiling. 

Listen to the episode now on 
iTunes
, Spotify
, Stitcher
, and more
. 

In Part II,
 we
hear from the advocates who were fighting for raising the refugee
ceiling through a campaign spearheaded by We Welcome Refugees
. Ali spoke to We Welcome
Refugees' director, Tess Clarke, about this unique and devoted
community, the response to the voicemail campaign, and her own personal
journey to refugee advocacy. It's a tearjerker, so be sure to have
some tissues handy - it'll leave you feeling inspired and driven to
keep advocating for refugees.  

Listen to our special episode on the Refugee ceiling now on iTunes
, Spotify
, Stitcher
, and more
. 

We're also back on our virtual road-trip through Utah! This week
we recapped  our journey so far,
and coming up we'll be speaking to Jenny Wilson, the Mayor of Salt
Lake County, and Chief Mike Brown from the Salt Lake City Police
Department about how they're using their role as community leaders
to create an environment that welcomes immigrants.  

Like what you hear? Have suggestions for episodes, or a
question for our production team? Let us know! Email us
at [email protected]
.   

Hope you'll tune in ,  

Katie Lutz  
Digital Production Manager
National Immigration Forum  

 

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