Refugees In New Mexico Cope With Fear And Uncertainty

February 3, 2017 – President Trump’s executive order on immigrants and refugees has affected individuals and families across the country, including here in New Mexico.  This week producer Sarah Gustavus sits down with Nada Kherbik, a long-time resident of Albuquerque who came to the U.S. in 2002 as a refugee from Syria, and Celia Yapita, director of the Center for Refugee Support with Catholic Charities.

Kherbik says she waited for two years to join her husband in the U.S. and she worries about the safety of her family members who still live in Syria with few options to leave the country. Yapita shares what Catholic Charities is doing to help current clients and educate the community about refugee resettlement.

Catholic Charities is holding an information session on refugees for local community members on February 11 in Albuquerque (click to download flyer):