A sign outside a home in Salem’s Fairmount neighborhood (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Marion County will continue accepting refugee resettlement, commissioners told the U.S. State Department last week. “Marion County has welcoming and supportive nonprofits who administer refugee resettlement programs in our area. These groups are prepared to continue their work[Read More…]

A sign outside a home in Salem’s Fairmount neighborhood (Saphara Harrell/Salem Reporter) Advocates for refugees in Salem are urging Marion and Polk counties to keep the door open to resettle refugees as local governments face an approaching deadline to accept refugees going forward. As of this week, neither Marion nor[Read More…]