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Update from World Relief

World Relief Welcomes Announcement of Ukrainian Refugee Resettlement and Humanitarian Assistance, Urges Broader Welcome

BALTIMORE – Today, President Biden announced a plan to admit as many as 100,000 Ukrainians to the United States as refugees and through other means. In addition, the United States is committingRead More

Obama, Bush and former President Bill Clinton — along with former first ladies...

Former US presidents, religious leaders launch organization to aid Afghan evacuee

Afghans at Ft. Bliss
by: Emily McFarlan Miller Sept. 14, 2021 (RNS) — Three former presidents and first ladies have joined with religious leaders, faith-based refugee resettlement agencies and others to support a newRead More

“But the mission is not complete,” said Jenny Yang, senior vice president of advocacy and policy at World Relief.

Safe in the US, Afghan evacuees turn their attention to the families they left behind

Dona Ana Housing Area
by: Emily McFarlan Miller Sept. 7, 2021 (RNS) — Mustafa was back in Afghanistan visiting his wife and daughter when the Taliban literally moved in next door. He knew theyRead More

“Many Dreamers have lived under a cloud of uncertainty for most of their lives”

World Relief Laments Impact of Court Decision Regarding DACA, Urges Congress to Act

BALTIMORE, July 16, 2021 — Today, a federal judge in Texas issued a decision that puts the future of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program in jeopardy. While JudgeRead More

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

Refugees at border
by: Jack Jenkins WASHINGTON, April 16, 2021 (RNS) — President Joe Biden’s administration has reversed a decision to keep in place a historically low cap on refugee admissions left byRead More

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

Biden Immigration
BATAVIA,Ill., April 13, 2021 — Today, I (John Ross) called U.S. Senator Dick Durbin’s office in Washington to urge him to confront President Biden on his delay in signing ofRead More

“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 Immigration
by: Emily McFarlan Miller April  8, 2021 (RNS) — It’s been two months since President Joe Biden signed an executive order he said would “begin the hard work of restoring ourRead More

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

Refugees at border
by: Emily McFarlan Miller Feb. 5, 2021 (RNS) — Daad Serweri had been waiting for five years to come to the United States as a refugee. Having worked as anRead More