Can I claim refugee status so I can get financial, medical and federal benefits and services from my the government? Now more than 2 weeks old, the shutdown forced the U.S. State Department to suspend most refugee arrivals and enact a travel moratorium, partly because the financial, medical and federal benefits or services aren’t available in some areas to help newcomers from Somalia, Iraq, Myanmar, Bhutan and a host of other countries, officials said.
Posted on: Fri, 18 Oct 2013 22:39:10 +0000