In a statement, MIT officials said they're ``very
troubled'' that Trump's executive order is affecting the
university's community and are exploring options for helping
impacted students. Northeastern University in a statement to their community
offered support to their students, faculty and staff
reminding them of ``their commitment to each other.''
We believe in the commitment to inform each other, but that
is what it is that Donald Trump is trying to destroy. Another story, from WBUR, a ``Somali Family Resettling In Lowell
Worries For Other Refugees As Trump Promises Restrictions.''
The order will have global implications, including for one
newly arrived Somali family now living in Lowell. The three Ahmed sisters from Somalia huddled on a couch
with their mother in a lobby of a busy office. Each woman
wore a brightly colored head scarf and winter jacket, and
each clutched a plastic bag carrying their personal
documents. They are the most recent refugees to be welcomed at the
International Institute of New England's Lowell resettlement
office. And, with Trump's refugee restrictions hanging in the
balance, they are likely the last Somali family to enter the
state for some time.
``My mom and dad fled from the conflict in Mogadishu,''
explained Hawo Ahmed, 24. She and her twin sister were only 4
months old when their parents fled for Kenya. Hawo retold the story of her mother, Fatuma, and why she
and Hawo's father left in 1993 amid the Somali Civil War.
``She said that it was, like, conflict all over the
country,'' Hawo said. ``People were killing each other, like
tribes, different tribes were killing each other.
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