refugee resettlement
Faith-based resettlement orgs celebrate moves to maintain refugee cap
By Jack Jenkins — September 26, 2023
(RNS) — The groups celebrated keeping the ceiling at 125,000 but noted the administration has yet to come close to meeting that ceiling.
Few persecuted Christians find refuge in US, new report finds
By Bob Smietana — September 25, 2023
(RNS) — A new reports finds that the number of Christian refugees coming to the US has declined at a time when persecution is on the rise.
Refugee to refugee, Afghan resettlement worker draws from faith and experience
By Diane Winston — July 22, 2022
(RNS) — With a flood of Afghan refugees after the fall of Kabul, the Muslim head of resettlement services for a Jewish-led agency offers understanding and familiarity.
Across US, faith groups mobilize to aid Ukrainian refugees
By Luis Andres Henao and Deepa Bharath — April 5, 2022
LOS ANGELES (AP) — In Southern California, pastors and lay individuals are stationing themselves at the Mexico border waving Ukrainian flags and offering food, water and prayer.
Tens of thousands of Afghan evacuees made it to the US – here’s how the resettlement process works
By Scott Harding and Kathryn Libal — February 21, 2022
(The Conversation) — Nine agencies, most of them faith-based, are resettling Afghan evacuees in the US. But the system is under strain.
HIAS pushes for bill to make Afghans eligible for permanent residency
By Yonat Shimron — February 7, 2022
(RNS) — The resettlement agency is calling on Congress to pass the Afghan Adjustment Act to allow some 36,000 Afghans living in the U.S. under humanitarian parole to apply for permanent residency.
This is an all-hands-on-deck moment for refugee resettlement in this country
By Mark Hetfield, Richard L. Santos, and Krish O’Mara Vignarajah — December 9, 2021
(RNS) — Refugee resettlement has always been a public-private partnership, relying on the generosity of American communities who come together and welcome newcomers.
As Afghan evacuees overwhelm US aid agencies, Jewish groups step in as partners
By Yonat Shimron — December 9, 2021
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — The refugees are not Jewish. But as grandchildren of refugees, American Jews want to honor their ancestors by helping others.
‘Our work changed really overnight’: Community groups aid SIV hopefuls awaiting evacuation
By Renée Roden — August 23, 2021
(RNS) — Community sponsor programs and resettlement programs rush to help Afghans overcome the bureaucratic barriers to obtaining SIVs.
Refugee aid groups criticize Biden for stumbles in evacuating ‘desperate’ Afghans
By Emily McFarlan Miller and Jack Jenkins — August 16, 2021
(RNS) — Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, head of Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, described President Biden's claim that Afghans did not want to leave the country as 'misleading at best.'
Faith-based organizations express outrage over plan to cut refugee admissions to historic low — again
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 1, 2020
(RNS) — In recent weeks, several faith-based organizations involved in refugee resettlement had asked the Trump administration to raise that number to its historic average: 95,000.
Evangelical, Catholic leaders say Trump has left persecuted Christians in danger
By Jack Jenkins — July 10, 2020
(RNS) — Evangelical leaders from World Relief and Open Doors — along with Catholic bishops — say Trump administration policy leaves persecuted Christians in danger.
Faith groups sue Trump administration over refugee resettlement order
By Jack Jenkins — November 22, 2019
(RNS) — Three refugee aid groups argue that a recent executive order granting officials authority to block resettlement inhibits their ability to practice their faith.
Cultivate common ground regarding faith in public life
By Melissa Rogers — October 15, 2019
(RNS) — Making lasting progress on the most difficult issues facing our country will require renewed efforts to bring diverse Americans of good faith together to listen to one another.
Reducing the refugee cap will decimate crucial faith-based partnerships
By Michael B. Curry — September 27, 2019
(RNS) — With nearly 26 million refugees worldwide, over half of whom are children, the United States must do her part to alleviate the suffering of these valued members of God’s family.
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