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Veterans Day message from a refugee living in Idaho who also serves in the military

Media Relations 11/11/21 Media Relations 11/11/21

Veterans Day message from a refugee living in Idaho who also serves in the military

Idaho Statesman

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Refugee Congress Denounces Record-Low Admissions Goal

Aleia Mariel 10/28/20 Aleia Mariel 10/28/20

Refugee Congress Denounces Record-Low Admissions Goal

Refugee Congress

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Service-learning student leader supports refugee community during COVID-19 crisis

Media Relations 5/3/20 Media Relations 5/3/20

Service-learning student leader supports refugee community during COVID-19 crisis

Boise State University

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Aleia Mariel 3/17/20 Aleia Mariel 3/17/20

Tecle Gebremicheal works as an assistant teacher and service-learning coordinator and is a specialist in the US Army Reserves.

Twitter

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Meet Tecle: Boise’s first refugee from Africa to run for local office

Aleia Mariel 1/24/20 Aleia Mariel 1/24/20

Meet Tecle: Boise’s first refugee from Africa to run for local office

IRC

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US leads global ‘race to the bottom’ in shutting door on refugees and asylum-seekers

Media Relations 9/17/19 Media Relations 9/17/19

US leads global ‘race to the bottom’ in shutting door on refugees and asylum-seekers

The World

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Trump’s war on refugees is tearing down US's life-changing resettlement program

Media Relations 6/26/19 Media Relations 6/26/19

Trump’s war on refugees is tearing down US's life-changing resettlement program

The Guardian

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He came to Boise as a refugee. Now he’s working toward a seat on City Council.

Media Relations 5/23/19 Media Relations 5/23/19

He came to Boise as a refugee. Now he’s working toward a seat on City Council.

Idaho Statesman

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