Philadelphia Inquirer - "Philly’s biggest refugee-resettlement agency fights for its future as federal funds are slashed under Trump"

Excerpt from Jeff Gammage's article in The Philadelphia Inquirer:

In an interview at NSC’s Arch Street offices, O’Sullivan and deputy director Steven Larin offered a snapshot of the agency’s standing — its troubles large and local, but typical of what is happening to resettlement agencies and their immigrant clients across the country.

Every day when she walks through the fourth-floor lobby, O’Sullivan said, she sees concern on the faces of immigrant families, their worry over the future of the agency and a volatile national political climate.

“When I’m with them, you can feel it, it’s palpable,” O’Sullivan said. “I didn’t think we’d ever be here, as a city, as a country.”

Read the full article to learn more about the impact of recent changes to immigration policy on Nationalities Service Center.