Tag: Church World Service
The news came Monday afternoon...
Faith-based agencies celebrate ‘return to moral leadership’ as Biden raises refugee ceiling to 125,00

And many Americans are looking for ways to help their new neighbors.
How to help Afghans arriving in the US after fleeing the Taliban

The announcement from the Biden White House comes after significant pushback from the faith-based groups...
Biden raises refugee ceiling, and faith-based groups brace for rebuilding work

By Friday afternoon, The Associated Press and CNN reported the Biden administration has reversed course...
Biden reverses course on refugee cap after faith groups express outrage

So far only 2,500 refugees have admitted to the United States this fiscal year.
Urging Senator Durbin to press President Biden to increase refugee numbers

“faith-based groups that work with refugees are concerned about the impact of that delay...”
Canceled flights, expired clearances: US refugee resettlement in limbo awaiting promised changes

Biden’s executive order may be raising the number of refugees allowed into the U.S. from 15,000 to 125,000, but the work needed to rebuild the gutted resettlement apparatus have many admitting it’s unlikely the United States will reach that target anytime soon.
Faith-based refugee resettlement groups describe what it will take to rebuild program after Trump cuts

In recent weeks, several faith-based organizations involved in refugee resettlement had asked the administration to raise that number to its past average: 95,000.
Faith-based organizations express outrage over plan to cut refugee admissions to historic low — again

A ruling on that request is expected by Jan. 17, according to LIRS.
Most states agree to admit refugees as judge hears lawsuit to stop resettlement order

That’s the lowest number of admissions a president has set since the refugee resettlement program started in the 1980s.
Drop in refugee admissions met with outcry from faith-based resettlement agencies
