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January 24, 2025

What do the new immigration executive orders mean for refugees and immigrants?

Here are key immigration executive orders and proclamations that directly impact immigration and how they will affect refugees and other immigrants.

The Latest from Global Refuge

  • News · Community Engagement

    January 17, 2025

    Ambassador Spotlight: Astrid Schmidt King

    Global Refuge Ambassadors organize, unite, and advocate for the work of welcome in support of refugees and immigrants.

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  • News · Refugee Resettlement

    January 8, 2025

    Six Congregations Unite Under One Mission: To Honor Our Nation’s Promise to Allies

    A group in Maryland called the Interfaith Refugee Ministry formed a Circle of Welcome to sponsor a family in need of immediate resettlement, one of the many allies who had risked everything for the U.S. mission.  

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  • Advocacy

    December 20, 2024

    Advocacy in Action: Congress backs Afghan relocation office as part of end-of-year vote on defense bill

    In its annual defense bill, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), Congress approved language that authorizes for three years a key U.S. government office that coordinates Afghan relocation and resettlement efforts, CARE.

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  • Advocacy · Immigration and Asylum

    October 23, 2024

    What is the CHNV Parole Program?

    The Biden administration opened a new program allowing certain nationals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela to apply for entry to  the U.S. for a temporary stay of up to two years.

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  • Press Release · Refugee Resettlement

    January 27, 2025

    Global Refuge Condemns Federal Stop Work Order Halting Refugee Resettlement Assistance

    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.

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  • Press Release · Immigration and Asylum

    January 24, 2025

    Statement on new immigration restrictions and intensified enforcement operations

    Global Refuge expresses its profound concern following this week’s executive actions that halt asylum protections and aggressively intensify interior immigration enforcement.

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Press Release · Refugee Resettlement

November 3, 2019

Global Refuge Profoundly Disappointed by Record-Low Refugee Admissions Ceiling

President Trump has signed the Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for FY2020, setting the annual admissions ceiling for refugees at 18,000

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News · Community Engagement

October 7, 2019

Webinar: Hope for the Holidays 2019

Hundreds of children and families will be spending the holiday behind bars because they crossed the United States border seeking protection.

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Press Release · Refugee Resettlement

September 26, 2019

Global Refuge Deeply Disturbed by Proposed Record-Low Refugee Admissions in FY2020

The Trump Administration today announced its intention to set the annual admissions ceiling for refugees at 18,000 for 2020

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Press Release · Immigration and Asylum

September 13, 2019

LIRS: Supreme Court Decision to Allow Asylum Ban During Continued Legal Challenges Will Endanger Thousands of Lives

The Supreme Court decided that the Trump administration’s new policy barring asylum for those who travel through Mexico to reach the border can be enforced while legal challenges continue against the ban.

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Press Release · Refugee Resettlement

September 11, 2019

361 Bipartisan Elected Officials from 46 States Urge President Trump to Welcome Refugees

361 local and state elected officials from 46 states expressed their strong support for resettling refugees in their communities in a bipartisan letter sent to President Trump.

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Press Release · Immigration and Asylum

September 4, 2019

Global Refuge Fiercely Opposes Administration Plan to Divert Military Funding to Vanity Border Wall Project

Amid reports that the Trump administration intends to divert $3.6 billion in a construction project funding to build a border wall, Global Refuge opposes this latest attempt to militarize the southern border.

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Press Release

August 29, 2019

USCIS Targets Military Families With Its Latest Attempt To Curtail Legal Pathways to Citizenship

The USCIS issued a policy declaring that children born to U.S. service members and gov't employees overseas will no longer be automatically considered citizens of the US under certain sections of the INA.

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News · Immigration and Asylum

August 27, 2019

Video: Q&A with former immigration judge Jeffrey S. Chase

Global Refuge was pleased to welcome Jeffrey S. Chase to our headquarters for a Q&A session on the structure and evolution of the U.S. immigration courts.

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Press Release · Family Reunification

August 26, 2019

The Department of Homeland Security’s Family Separation Policy: Perspectives from the Border

Written Statement of Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, President and CEO of Global Refuge (Global Refuge) For a Hearing of the House Homeland Security Committee.

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