refugees from Afghanistan

Black Mauritanians face ethnic discrimination and violence in their West African home country. They come to Ohio for a better life, but advocates say more needs to be done to protect their legal status in the U.S.

More than 1,700 families were resettled in Ohio after the Afghan government collapsed to the Taliban two years ago. The immigration program they came through, humanitarian parole, expired in August, leaving their future uncertain.

It's been a year today since the Taliban took over Afghanistan.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine's spokesman says the process is set by the federal government