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Broken by Trump, US refugee program aims to return stronger

by Julie Watson
| January 28, 2021 12:09 AM

Krish Vignarajah has been in survival mode for four years as the Trump administration slashed refugee admissions by 85%. She's had to close a third of her resettlement agency's 48 offices and lay off more than 120 employees, some with decades of experience.

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