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April 5, 2024

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  • News · Foster Care

    December 20, 2023

    Looking Back on 2023

    Lutheran Immigration and Refuge Service is sharing 10 of our favorite photos from this extraordinary year with commentary from our staff, partners, clients, and friends in the work of welcome.

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  • News · Immigration and Asylum

    November 10, 2023

    Unsung Heroes: Immigrants in the U.S. Military

    An estimated 700,000 foreign-born veterans call this country home, while approximately 45,000 immigrants are currently defending our freedoms as members of the armed forces.

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Advocacy

  • Advocacy · Immigration and Asylum

    December 21, 2023

    Jesus Was a Refugee

    In this season of waiting and hoping, displacement is at the heart of the Advent story. At the time Mary was to give birth to Jesus, they were required by Caesar Augustus to return to their hometown for a census, for fear of persecution – traveling during a time of anticipation and uncertainty ahead of childbirth. They needed shelter for a safe birth of Jesus, but "there was no room for them in the inn."

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  • Advocacy · Empowering Refugees

    October 27, 2023

    Global Refuge Delivers Powerful Testimony at Congressional Hearing

    Global Refuge President Krish O'Mara Vignarajah spoke at a Congressional Hearing on refugee resettlement and immigration pathways.

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Press Release

  • Press Release

    April 9, 2024

    U.S. Refugee Admissions Program finds new life in FY 2024

    The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program is on track to resettle the most refugees in three decades, and potentially meet the Biden administration’s goal of resettling 125,000 refugees this year.

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  • Press Release

    April 8, 2024

    A Global Refuge in Guatemala: new program serves repatriated youth

    Global Refuge's “Camino a Casa” program provides educational, vocational, and mental health support to youth returned to Guatemala.

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Press Release · Immigration and Asylum

July 20, 2023

Global Refuge Condemns Texas Governor Abbott’s Inhumane Border Deterrence Tactics

Global Refuge reacts to inhumane practices directed by state authorities that have led to harm and mistreatment of vulnerable migrants seeking safety at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Press Release · Immigration and Asylum

July 14, 2023

Congress Reintroduces Bipartisan Afghan Adjustment Act

With the two-year mark of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan approaching, a bipartisan group of lawmakers today reintroduced the Afghan Adjustment Act in both the United States Senate and House of Representatives.

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News · Immigration and Asylum

June 16, 2023

Global Refuge Launches Baltimore Welcome Center

Global Refuge opened its newest Welcome Center in Baltimore with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its Inner Harbor headquarters on June 13.

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News

June 15, 2023

LIRS, ELCA Celebrate World Refugee Day 2023

The following is a joint letter in honor of World Refugee Day from Global Refuge and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

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News · Family Reunification

June 14, 2023

Global Refuge Testifies at Senate Hearing on Safety of Unaccompanied Migrant Children

Lorie Davidson delivered expert testimony emphasizing the need for improved protections, additional resources, and legal representation to ensure the best interests of this particularly vulnerable population.

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Press Release · Immigration and Asylum

May 10, 2023

Sweeping asylum ban released as Title 42 restrictions expire

With Title 42 asylum restrictions set to expire on May 11, the Biden administration today released its controversial new rule barring asylum eligibility.

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Press Release · Immigration and Asylum

May 5, 2023

Global Refuge Commends DHS on announcement of Afghan “Re-parole” Process

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced that it will open a new re-parole process for Afghans evacuated to the United States through Operation Allies Welcome (OAW) beginning in June 2023.

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Press Release · Immigration and Asylum

May 1, 2023

Biden Administration to Allow Afghan Evacuees to Renew Temporary Parole Protections

The Biden administration will reportedly allow tens of thousands of Afghans evacuated to the U.S. to apply to stay and work in the country legally for at least another two years

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Press Release · Immigration and Asylum

April 27, 2023

Biden administration details new immigration measures for the end of Title 42

The Biden administration announced its new immigration plan in anticipation of the May 11 termination of Title 42.

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