International relief agencies decry Trump\u8217\us refugee ban (episode 206)

Leaders from two Baltimore-based relief agencies \u8212\u the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service and Catholic Relief Services \u8212\u talk about President Trump\u8217\us order banning immigration from seven majority-Muslim nations and Trump\u8217\us indefinite ban on refugees from the Syrian civil war. Dan\u8217\us guests are Linda Hartke (1:28), president and CEO of LIRS, and Bill O\u8217\uKeefe (13:14), vice-president for government relations for CRS. Offering commentary on the potential international ramifications of Trump\u8217\us controversial order: Arnold Isaacs (22:17), former Sun foreign correspondent and editor, and author of \u8220\uFrom Troubled Lands: Listening to Pakistani Americans and Afghan Americans in post-9/11 America.\u8221\uLinks:http://lirs.org/http://www.fromtroubledlands.net/troubled lands about the author-1.htmhttp://www.fromtroubledlands.net/