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From KQED.

Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. Regular forum listeners and just about everyone who lives

on the southern side of the

East Bay, knows that there's a large Afghan and Afghan-American community centered in the city of

Fremont. Over the decades that global powers have tussled over their country of origin, many people

from that part of the world have come to the U.S. through a variety of programs, and an estimated

60,000 have settled around here.

Obviously with the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from the country, the community has experienced

a lot of difficulty and strain over the last several years and now the Trump administration's

new stance targeting Afghanisilis and immigrants is threatening the community's newest members and overall status.

Here to discuss the situation, we're joined by Joseph Azam, whose board chair of the Afghan-American Foundation,

a non-partisan nonprofit focused on advocating on behalf of the African-American community.

Welcome, Joseph.

Thanks for having me, Alexis. We're also joined

by Karen Musalo, who's Professor of Law and Director of the Center for Gender and Refugee Studies

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