Tag: crosshairs
Christian refugees caught in crosshairs of U.S. immigration policy
By Ximena Bustillo , Juliana Kim On a Sunday in June, Pastor Ara Torosian gave a message to his congregation in Los Angeles: if detained by immigration officers, “first, call your lawyer and second, call your pastor.” It didn’t take long. By the end of the month, two families reached out to Torosian, one through…
Sumy, a center of Ukrainian culture, lives in the crosshairs of a new Russian offensive
By Joanna Kakissis , Polina Lytvynova , Tetiana Burianova SUMY, Ukraine — That terrible Sunday keeps replaying in Natalia Tsybulko’s head. The huge explosions. The frantic calls to find her daughter. The words from her son-in-law that shattered her life. “‘Mom, Olena is no longer with us’,” Tsybulko recalled him saying when he called, his…