Following President Trump’s decision to sharply restrict the number of refugees allowed into the United States, the State Department has informed refugee…

A recent Brookings Institution report named Harrisonburg as one of the top ten communities in the United States in terms of the proportion of immigrants…

For refugees trying to establish themselves in a strange land, just like for the rest of us, reliable transportation can be the key to landing a job, or…

For the hundreds of refugees who resettle in Virginia, home is a place they’ve left behind. For an update on our series on refugees, WMRA’s Jordy Yager…

In the final installment of our series on Refugees in Virginia, WMRA’s Jordy Yager takes a look at the next wave of refugees set to arrive in…

Lots of immigrants to the U-S are not technically refugees under the law, but nevertheless seek refuge here. It’s a population that mostly flies under the…

For many refugees, faith provides continuity in a world that is otherwise upended. In our latest installment of WMRA’s special series, Jordy Yager looks…

Harrisonburg is a designated resettlement area, accepting up to 200 refugees each year. Many of them find employment at one of the big poultry processing…

Many immigrant newcomers, including refugees, take hourly-paid jobs in the service industry here. That includes people who in their home countries were…

March 5th, in honor of National Listening Month, please join WMRA reporters Jordy Yager and Jessie Knadler, along with WMRA News Director Bob Leweke for a…