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Ithaca Buddhist Meditation
The Student News Site of Ithaca College

The Ithacan
Ithaca Buddhist Meditation
The Student News Site of Ithaca College

The Ithacan
Local government has been taking steps to protect the local refugee populations. On Feb. 1, the Common Council passed an ordinance ahead of schedule to make the City of Ithaca a sanctuary city.

Ithaca bound refugee families halted by immigration ban

By Ben Kaplan, Staff Writer • February 8, 2017
In the fall, the U.S. Department of State gave Catholic Charities of Tompkins and Tioga County permission to bring 50 refugees to Ithaca.
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