{"id":5061969,"date":"2025-12-05T10:18:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T15:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rilatinonews.com\/?p=5061969"},"modified":"2025-12-05T10:18:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T15:18:03","slug":"r-i-refugee-advocates-condemn-guard-shootings-and-trump-administrations-immigration-crackdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/riln\/2025\/12\/05\/r-i-refugee-advocates-condemn-guard-shootings-and-trump-administrations-immigration-crackdown\/","title":{"rendered":"R.I. refugee advocates condemn Guard shootings and Trump administration\u2019s immigration crackdown"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Refugee advocates in Rhode Island on Wednesday condemned both the recent shooting of two National Guard members in Washington D.C. and the Trump administration\u2019s response to the shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the wake of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/11\/27\/nx-s1-5622955\/national-guard-shooting-washington-dc-updates\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>shootings in D.C. that left one Guard member dead<\/u><\/a>, the administration placed new restrictions on Afghans in the U.S. and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2025\/11\/28\/g-s1-99760\/trump-vows-permanent-pause-on-some-immigration-after-national-guard-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>paused all decisions on asylum claims<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Amin Faquiry, a Providence Afghan community leader, called the national anti-immigrant rhetoric accompanying the policy changes disturbing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLet me remind you that Afghans in this country have arrived legally through the Operation Allies Welcome, which was the biggest airlift operation in United States history,\u201d Faquiry said. \u201cEvery Afghan that is here has papers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Omar Bah, founder and executive director of the Providence-based Refugee Dream Center, also stated that he was deeply troubled by the changes to the immigration system made by the Trump administration in reaction to the shootings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI call this not anti-immigration. It\u2019s anti non-white,\u201d Bah said. \u201cSo we want to call on every American to speak out to condemn this racist action of what is happening.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prior to the start of the second Trump Administration, the Refugee Dream Center resettled thousands of immigrant families and other refugees in the region.<a href=\"https:\/\/thepublicsradio.org\/immigration\/refugee-dream-center-loses-funding-and-staff-after-trump-immigration-orders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><u>&nbsp;But following federal funding cuts<\/u><\/a>, the RDC reduced its staff and halted the majority of its resettlement efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo family has come since January,\u201d Bah said. \u201cWe are working with people who are already here, which will continue to the best of our ability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Andrew Kanter, an attorney and board member at the Refugee Dream Center, said in a written statement that ICE\u2019s recent actions have \u201ctraumatized our community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cICE has seemingly targeted people solely because they look to be immigrants and without knowing their actual immigration status,\u201d Kanter wrote. \u201cThis raises serious concerns about racial profiling, a lack of due process, and other violations of our law and constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oceanstatemedia.org\/immigration\/r-i-refugee-advocates-condemn-guard-shootings-and-trump-administrations-immigration-crackdown\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.oceanstatemedia.org\/immigration\/r-i-refugee-advocates-condemn-guard-shootings-and-trump-administrations-immigration-crackdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">R.I. refugee advocates condemn Guard shootings and Trump administration\u2019s immigration crackdown<\/a> was originally published by Ocean State Media and is republished with permission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Featured Photo:<\/strong> Omar Bah, founder and executive director of the Providence-based Refugee Dream Center, said on Wednesday that he was deeply troubled by the changes to the immigration system made by the Trump administration in reaction to the shootings. <em>Paul C. Kelly Campos\/Ocean State Media<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The leader of the Providence-based Refugee Dream Center decried recent changes to the immigration and asylum systems announced by the Trump administration following the shooting of two National Guard members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":5061970,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[6030],"class_list":["post-5061969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"mb":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/riln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-05-at-10.13.59-AM.png",1970,1480,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/riln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-05-at-10.13.59-AM-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/riln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-05-at-10.13.59-AM-300x225.png",300,225,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/riln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-05-at-10.13.59-AM-768x577.png",768,577,true],"large":["https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/riln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-05-at-10.13.59-AM-1024x769.png",1024,769,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/riln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-05-at-10.13.59-AM-1536x1154.png",1536,1154,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/latinonewsnetwork.com\/riln\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/12\/Screenshot-2025-12-05-at-10.13.59-AM.png",1970,1480,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Paul C. 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