I also wish the resettlement program offered counseling for refugees. They are survivors of trauma. Moving them from here to there isn’t enough. We have to care about the people, and help them deal with their past. How can they become a part of a new society when they have never dealt with the terrors of their past? People sometimes say to me, “Oh, you’re so lucky.” When people say that, I kind of want to punch them in the face. Just because you resettle people doesn’t mean their lives are suddenly perfect.
