Kids are taught of how they traveled across the sea to escape persecution: what of those making pilgrimages to safety in modern times? We’re reconsidering what many describe as a global refugee crisis. But is it truly a crisis? And just how overwhelming does it have to be? From the UN High Commission for Refugees, to groups here in Texas working directly to help resettled the displaced, to the reasons for the persistent role of religion and faith, refugees are our focus – today on a special Thanksgiving edition of the Texas Standard.
Central American Migrants
Texas Standard: January 14, 2016
More details emerge of a terror plan by an Iraqi in Texas. Federal agents say a man arrested in Texas wanted to help ISIS and planned to blow up Houston malls. Plus- what’s driving thousands of migrants to the Texas border… and why is the United Nations helping process them – could another migrant crisis be looming right here in the US? Those stories and much more on todays Texas Standard: