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• Livingston Parish couple working to help family of six Ukrainian refugees Play Video

  March 12, 2022 4:40 PM

  WALKER - Jessica Dawson and her husband are doing what Louisianans do best: helping those in need during a state of emergency. The Dawsons are raising money for a family of six seeking refuge. As Russia invaded Ukraine in February, Dawson began to fear for her friend's life. ... more »

• Catholic charities welcome Iraqi refugee family to Baton Rouge

  February 11, 2017 6:59 PM

  BATON ROUGE - Catholic Charities and volunteers from St. Aloysius Catholic Church were on hand Saturday afternoon to greet an Iraqi family of five as they arrived at the Baton Rouge airport. They join other family members CCDBR resettled last year. The family initially fled to Turkey after... more »

• Protesters gather outside federal court in downtown BR Friday

  February 3, 2017 5:37 PM

  BATON ROUGE – A few dozen protesters stood outside the federal courthouse in downtown Friday afternoon, protesting presidential orders about immigrants and refugees. Most protesters were holding signs out front of the post office, looking across the street toward the courthouse. A few others were on the courthouse side... more »

• Lafourche Parish Council stands with Jindal on blocking refugees

  November 26, 2015 5:21 PM

  LAFOURCHE PARISH - The Lafourche Parish Council is standing with the state congressional delegation and more than half of U.S. governors in asking the president to halt the acceptance of Syrian refugees into the country. The council approved a resolution in a 6-3 vote Tuesday requesting that President Obama... more »

• La. sheriff vows to fight Syrian refugee relocation in his parish Play Video

  November 18, 2015 4:31 PM

  GONZALES - Sheriff Jeff Wiley said in a Facebook post on the agency's social media account Wednesday, he does not want Syrian refugees making a home in Ascension Parish. "I am going on record as opposing any relocation of these Syrian refugees into Ascension parish until such time that... more »

• Jindal issues order to halt refugee resettlement in La.

  November 16, 2015 11:49 AM

  BATON ROUGE - Governor Bobby Jindal issued an executive order Monday telling state agencies to not accept the resettlement of any more refugees of the Syrian civil war into Louisiana. Jindal's order comes after the U. S. State Department said 14 refugees had been resettled in Louisiana so far... more »