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Recent United States policies under the Trump administration have severely restricted refugee resettlement efforts, despite an increased rate of displaced people worldwide. This study explores how refugee resettlement in Pennsylvania has changed in the wake of Trump-era policies and how resettlement agencies and communities have responded to policy changes. Literature indicates that refugees offer an overall benefit to communities, so a significant loss of refugees is expected to harm communities.

The Lehigh Review is an entirely student-produced research and analytical journal. The staff is dedicated to publishing the best scholarly writing and visual art by Lehigh undergraduates.

In 1919 the War Chest, which centralized funding for a variety of domestic and international aid organizations, was reorganized as the Central Council for Social Services and Community Chest in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. These organizations attempted to unite social work within the city but were controlled by executive boards that opposed centralized control over the numerous private philanthropic organizations. Dr. William Estes, of St.

This dissertation explores the career of Rep. Francis E. Walter (D-PA), his emergence in the 1950s as the key congressional defender of restricted immigration, and his egregious chairmanship of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC). I argue that Walter abandoned the moderate liberalism of his early career, choosing instead to embrace the reactionary politics of the McCarthy Era. Based on a thorough examination of the Walter papers at Lehigh University, as well as other collections, I demonstrate that Walter's career is a paradox often misunderstood by scholars.