The changing face of refugees in Pa. as Trump cuts arrivals
The face of refugees coming to the U.S. is changing. The places they're going is changing, too. Why is that happening and what does it look like in Pennsylvania?
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Krevskyi Bohdan, from Lutsk, Ukraine, is a refugee living in Bucks County. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
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As President Trump has continued to slash the number of refugees allowed to come to the United States, the administration’s policies have also changed the faces of people fleeing war or persecution and resettling in Pennsylvania. WHYY’s Laura Benshoff explains why this is happening and who’s coming here.
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