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Here are key immigration executive orders and proclamations that directly impact immigration and how they will affect refugees and other immigrants.
Here are key immigration executive orders and proclamations that directly impact immigration and how they will affect refugees and other immigrants.
On July 4, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA) into law—a massive budget reconciliation bill that makes substantive and harmful changes to U.S. immigration policy.
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Global Refuge condemns in the strongest possible terms the false accusations lodged against our humanitarian work. As a faith-based nonprofit, we have faithfully walked alongside legally admitted refugees & immigrants for 85 years.
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Global Refuge expresses deep concern and dismay over an unprecedented stop work order issued by the State Department, which halts all refugee reception and placement services under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.
Read MoreDiscover 5 ways to help refugees and immigrants in 2025. From volunteering to advocacy, learn how you can make a difference through Global Refuge, the nation’s largest faith-based nonprofit dedicated exclusively to serving children, refugees, and immigrants.
Read MoreNaima arrived in the United States with her husband and three young children, ready to start a new life. A refugee from Somalia, Naima had limited education and resources but hoped her new country would give her the opportunity to find stability and success. And she was more than willing to put forth the effort needed to realize her dreams.
Read MoreThe Trump administration is reportedly setting a refugee admissions ceiling of only 7,500 people for Fiscal Year 2026, with most slots reserved for Afrikaners from South Africa. Global Refuge, a leading national refugee resettlement nonprofit, expressed alarm around the sharp drop from the annual cap of 125,000 in Fiscal Year 2025 as global displacement continues to reach historic highs.
Read MoreSusan Lyke’s commitment to welcoming refugees has grown out of a lifetime of experience. She’s lived in countries like Macedonia and Pakistan, where daily life was far less secure than in the U.S., and has seen firsthand the kinds of hardship—war, poverty, persecution—that force people to flee their homes.
Read MoreFor Jamilah*, this school year begins in a very different place. This time last year, the 15-year-old was living with extended family in Pakistan and facing a very uncertain future. Her parents were already in the United States—the family had been separated due to delays in immigration processing—and were desperate to bring her to safety with them.
Read MoreKrish O'Mara Vignarajah, President and CEO of Global Refuge, joined NPR's "1A" to discuss the erosion of legal humanitarian pathways and the ongoing "de-documentation" of vulnerable populations.
Read MoreEven with limited funding, our Welcome Centers and field offices in Baltimore, San Antonio, and Fargo are finding new ways to continue the vital work of welcome.
Read MoreA Global Refuge staff member reflects on the 2021 Afghan evacuation.
Read MoreJenny Hereth is an artist, a retired professor, and the daughter of a Lutheran minister—and she’s spent much of her 40-year career using her art to speak out on social justice issues. Now, she’s turning her creativity into action by pledging 100% of the proceeds from her new art book, My Brush – My Voice, to Global Refuge.
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