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January 24, 2025

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    July 8, 2025

    How Does the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act Impact Refugees and Other Immigrants?

    On July 4, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA) into law—a massive budget reconciliation bill that makes substantive and harmful changes to U.S. immigration policy.

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  • Press Release · Refugee Resettlement

    February 2, 2025

    Global Refuge Statement on Misinformation around our Humanitarian Work

    Global Refuge condemns in the strongest possible terms the false accusations lodged against our humanitarian work. As a faith-based nonprofit, we have faithfully walked alongside legally admitted refugees & immigrants for 85 years.

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  • Press Release · Refugee Resettlement

    January 27, 2025

    Global Refuge Condemns Federal Stop Work Order Halting Refugee Resettlement Assistance

    Global Refuge expresses deep concern and dismay over an unprecedented stop work order issued by the State Department, which halts all refugee reception and placement services under the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.

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January 25, 2025

5 Ways to Help Refugees & Immigrants in 2025

Discover 5 ways to help refugees and immigrants in 2025. From volunteering to advocacy, learn how you can make a difference through Global Refuge, the nation’s largest faith-based nonprofit dedicated exclusively to serving children, refugees, and immigrants.

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September 4, 2025

Behind-the-Scenes at NPR/WAMU’s “1A” show

Krish O'Mara Vignarajah, President and CEO of Global Refuge, joined NPR's "1A" to discuss the erosion of legal humanitarian pathways and the ongoing "de-documentation" of vulnerable populations.

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August 29, 2025

Keeping the Spirit of Welcome Alive

Even with limited funding, our Welcome Centers and field offices in Baltimore, San Antonio, and Fargo are finding new ways to continue the vital work of welcome. 

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August 22, 2025

Looking Back: A First Generation Afghan-American’s Reflection on The Fall of Kabul

A Global Refuge staff member reflects on the 2021 Afghan evacuation.

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August 20, 2025

Painting with a Purpose

Jenny Hereth is an artist, a retired professor, and the daughter of a Lutheran minister—and she’s spent much of her 40-year career using her art to speak out on social justice issues. Now, she’s turning her creativity into action by pledging 100% of the proceeds from her new art book, My Brush – My Voice, to Global Refuge.

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August 15, 2025

Four Years Later: Afghan Allies at Risk in the U.S.

Four years after the Afghanistan evacuation, Afghan allies in the U.S. face urgent risks. Learn their stories, challenges, and how you can take action.

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August 8, 2025

A Company’s Commitment to Welcoming and Hiring Refugees

Amcor, a manufacturing company, is dedicated to welcoming refugee and other immigrant workers through the Global Refuge Preferred Refugee Employer (PRE) program.  

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August 1, 2025

Ukrainians in Limbo Deserve Stability

As the war in Ukraine rages on, the United States must continue protections for Ukrainians it welcomed. 

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July 31, 2025

Global Refuge Celebrates Election of Rev. Yehiel Curry as New Presiding Bishop of the ELCA

Global Refuge joins the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) in celebrating the election of Bishop Yehiel Curry as its new presiding bishop.

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