The District of Columbia is not being targeted due to crime; it is being targeted because it is a city that has welcomed immigrants for decades.
Let Them Stay Update #4 August 22, 2025
This is a monthly newsletter about humanitarian parole and policy changes impacting people who entered the United States on parole and their supporters.
Refugees International Condemns U.S.–Costa Rica Deportation Agreement
This agreement outsources the Trump administration’s cruel immigration enforcement to other countries and is a misuse of U.S. funding.
Statement for the Record on Humanitarian Parole
The Trump administration’s mass termination of parole is inhumane and detrimental to U.S. interests, sowing chaos across U.S. communities.
Let Them Stay: Guervens’ Story
Guervens’ story is a testament to the power of pathways like CHNV — and why we must fight back against the stripping of humanitarian parole.
Refugees International Welcomes Costa Rican Court’s Order to Release Migrants Expelled by the United States, Provide Services
The decision should serve as a warning to the Costa Rican government not to collaborate with the United States on deportation deals that will violate the human rights of migrants.
SCOTUS Green Lights Trump Deportations to Danger
Refugees International is outraged by this decision, which undermines the rule of law, the rights of immigrants, and U.S. obligations under the Convention Against Torture.
Q&A: Why Challenging the Trump Administration’s Ban on Refugee Resettlement Is So Important
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.…
U.S. Travel Ban Is Inhumane and Discriminatory
This new policy is cruel, inconsistent, and nonsensical – and that is indeed the point. This is not a policy that protects America, it is a policy of bigotry masked in legalese.
Refugees International Calls on Congress to Reject Rescissions Package
Statement from Refugees International President Jeremy Konyndyk: This package will have no meaningful impact on the federal deficit, but it will have a dramatically damaging impact on humanitarian crises around the world. We urge all members of Congress to preserve lifesaving programs and maintain U.S. humanitarian leadership by rejecting this reckless proposal.” For more information…