Following the government's stop-work order on Jan. 24, approximately 70 refugees, including 14 families at Modesto’s Days Inn, found themselves homeless. The order halted assistance from relief organizations for essential needs like food and shelter. Displaced families, including those with Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) from Iraq and Afghanistan, are particularly impacted. One refugee described the despair of families, highlighting the emotional toll on children. Relief organizations like World Relief are no longer able to assist due to this order, exacerbating their plight.
They brought us here to be safe, but now everything has closed up on us.
Even the small children are crying, in these three days no one has even slept.
We don't have any money to pay.
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