Kum 2010 (Fiscal yr: Sept 30 -Oct 1) ah refugee 80,000 US ah luh ter ding tiah President Obama nih min a thutmi chungah Near East/South Asia in 35,000 an i tel; Chinmi zong tampi kan i tel ttheu lai hi ahhin. Kawlram mi hi a tambik, Iraq pawl, chang tu kan si. Refugee kan si caah US cozah nih bawmhnak phaisa a let in an kai termi hi theih tlak asi rua tiah ka ruah.
Refugee pakhat US aphak le cangka in $900 a caah a um, Reception & Place program (R&P) asi (phak ka i zoh khenhnak). $450 kha a phak ka hman ding asi i a taangmi $450 kha refugee zung nih zunglei herhbaumi--a biana ah, lahkhah tbt--ah hman asi. Asinain, January 1, 2010 thawk khan, $900 in $1800 ah Obama Adminnistration nih an kai ter, a let bak i an kaih. Hi $1800 chung hin $900 hi refugee ca bak ah hman ding asi (Kuttlaihnak phaisa a tam deuh cang lai tinak asi ko hih!). $700 hi zung pawl rianttuannak herhbau ah hman ding asi. A taangmi $200 hi a herh ning in refugee caah hman asi lai.
Hi bawmhnak karh termi nih a chuahpi laimi cu refugee pawl phaisa tam deuh an ngah lengah, refugee zung zong tam deuh an ngah ve cang lai. Cu tikah mi tam deuh an hlan (hire) khawh cang lai. Cu nih a hoi chuahpi laimi cu Case Manager pakhat nih refugee tlawmdeuh ttuanvo lak asi lai tikah refugee pawl nih bawmhnak ttha deuh le tam deuh an ngah lai.
Ka palh lo ahcun kum 6 or 7 lio ah khan, R&P phaisa hi an rak kai ter. An kai ter tawn zong ahhin a tlawm tete in an kai ter tawn. Nikum ah khan $50 an kai ter. Tukum cu a let--$900 in $1800 ah--an kai ter tikah US cozah lawmh awk taktak an si; kan caah a ttha tuk hringhran.
Chan Hnin Thui
Washington, DC
chan_hthui@yahoo. com