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As faith-based agencies that resettle refugees in the U.S. occupy a growing stage in the public square, their debt collection practices are coming under increased scrutiny. The agencies’little-known debt collection operations bring in upward of $5 million a year in commissions as resettled refugees repay loans for their travel costs. All nine resettlement agencies charge the same going rate as private-sector debt collectors: 25 percent of all they recoup for the government.
Faith in Action
“They’re just gone”
In her 17 years of flying to the coastal village of Kipnuk, Alaska, to serve as its primary care provider, Anne Komulainen had never seen it like this. “The debris…
