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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 · Immigration and Asylum

March 15, 2019

Presidential Veto Undermines Constitutional Balance of Powers, Will of the People

Today’s veto circumvents Congressional authority after Congress passed a bi-partisan spending bill in February with little funding for the wall.

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Press Release · Immigration and Asylum

March 6, 2019

Global Refuge Bears Witness to the Conditions of Country’s Largest Child Detention Center

Global Refuge President and CEO Krish O’Mara Vignarajah was among a small number of faith-based and non-profit leaders invited by Health and Human Services to tour the Homestead Child Detention Facility.

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Press Release

February 13, 2019

Global Refuge Appoints Krish O’Mara Vignarajah as President and CEO

Global Refuge is excited to announce the appointment of Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, former Policy Director to First Lady Michelle Obama, as President and Chief Executive Officer.

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News

June 26, 2018

Supreme Court Ruling on President Trump’s Travel Ban Reflects Troubling Pattern in America

Today, the Supreme Court has upheld the third iteration of President Trump’s executive order, effectively banning individuals from five Muslim-majority countries, as well as North Korea and Venezuela from entering the United States.

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Press Release · Refugee Resettlement

October 25, 2017

Statement – Trump Administration’s Restrictions on Refugee Resettlement Leave Vulnerable Refugees at Risk

Global Refuge is deeply saddened by the Trump Administration’s decision to place additional restrictions on refugees who are seeking to be resettled in the United States.

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Press Release · Immigration and Asylum

October 9, 2017

Statement – Global Refuge Condemns Trump Administration’s Immigration Principles

Global Refuge condemns the Trump Administration’s attempt to use DREAMers as leverage to call for a border wall in their recently released immigration principles.

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News

October 5, 2017

Statement for the Record on The Rohingya Crisis: U.S. Response to the Tragedy in Burma House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee

Global Refuge is deeply concerned about the continued mass displacement of Rohingya communities fleeing ethnic and religious persecution in Myanmar.

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Press Release · Refugee Resettlement

September 13, 2017

Statement – Global Refuge Response to Reports of Trump Administration Reducing Refugee Arrivals to Less than 50,000 for Next Fiscal Year

Global Refuge is deeply disappointed in reports that the Trump Administration is considering capping the number of refugee arrivals at fewer than 50,000 for fiscal year 2018

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Press Release · Immigration and Asylum

September 5, 2017

Statement – Global Refuge Denounces Trump Administration’s Decision to End DACA Program

Global Refuge is deeply disappointed that today, the Trump Administration announced plans to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program

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