Because of general budget cuts, some very important programs for refugees and immigrants are being cut. - - Donna Poisl
BY MICHELLE DUPLER, HERALD STAFF WRITER
PASCO — The people Scott Michael of World Relief greets at the Tri-Cities Airport come here hoping to rebuild their lives after being devastated by war or persecution.
Some have been disabled by torture, by roadside bombs, by poverty.
Some are seniors who want to live their remaining years in peace and freedom.
It gratifies Michael to help them find a home, to give them a basket of clothes and food and household goods to start their new lives, to place them in jobs, to teach them English and eventually to help submit the paperwork to make them American citizens.
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