On Monday January 20, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order indefinitely stopping resettlement of refugees in the United States through the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP). Within a few days, the Departments of State, Homeland Security, and Health and Human services suspended all USRAP processing and refugee-related funding, including to non-profit, non-governmental resettlement agencies.…
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Alaa Ahmed, a member of the Refugee Fellows cohort and refugee from Sudan, shares her story and passion for advocacy.
Q&A: Meet Tucson-Based Nonprofit Humane Borders
Humane Borders’ mission is to save lives and create a just and humane border.
Q&A: What’s at Stake in Today’s Court Hearing about the Central American Minors Program?
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Q&A: Meet Migrant Women’s Rights Advocate Stacie Girón of Espacio Migrante
Refugees International interviewed Stacie Girón, an advocate for reproductive healthcare access for migrant women in Mexico. Learn her story.
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Refugees International entrevistó a Stacie Girón, defensora de los derechos de las mujeres migrantes. Aprende su historia.
Q&A: What Is at Stake as the Biden Administration’s CHNV Parole Program Goes on Trial?
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Fernando “Fernie” Quiroz of the Arizona-California Humanitarian Coalition helps people seeking safety in Yuma.