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Providing safety and solace to refugee and immigrant children.
Global Refuge provides foster care services to unaccompanied immigrant children.
Faith in Action: Delivering Immigration Legal Services in Fargo
Members of the Global Refuge Immigration Legal Services team traveled to Fargo, North Dakota to provide services to a community facing complex and rapidly growing immigration needs.
November 18, 2025
5 Tips for Having Difficult Conversations about Immigration this Holiday Season
The holidays are upon us, bringing good food, great cheer...and the occasional awkward conversation around the family dinner table. Gathering with family and friends we haven’t seen for a while is one of the season’s blessings, but it can also surface difficult conversations and differences of opinion—particularly as the United States finds itself growing ever more ideologically divided.
November 19, 2025
Jamilah: Starting a New School Year in Safety
For Jamilah*, this school year begins in a very different place. This time last year, the 15-year-old was living with extended family in Pakistan and facing a very uncertain future. Her parents were already in the United States—the family had been separated due to delays in immigration processing—and were desperate to bring her to safety with them.
September 16, 2025
Where Immigration Law and Policy Meet Practice
War, violence, persecution, poverty, and disaster drive people from their homes every day—and the trauma does not disappear as soon as they step on American soil.
568 Faith Leaders Call on Congress to Pass the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021
568 faith leaders from the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) today called for the timely passage of the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 in a letter sent to members of Congress.
March 4, 2021
21 Must-Read Books About Immigration
Check out this list of books about immigrants and immigration curated by Global Refuge. Novels, nonfiction, and YA about Dreamers, refugees, and other immigrants.
Event: What’s Next? The Future of Immigration Policy – 2021 and Beyond
We invite you to join our virtual Congressional briefing on December 3rd at 1:00pm EST, What’s Next? The Future of Immigration Policy – 2021 and Beyond.
November 17, 2020
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.
September 4, 2025
How Does the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Affect Immigration Fees?
On July 4, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), a large budget reconciliation bill, into law. The Senate and House of Representatives narrowly passed this version of HR 1 on July 1 and July 3, respectively. The OBBBA makes sweeping changes across the U.S. immigration system on enforcement, work authorization, fees, and access to services like SNAP, and healthcare services such as Medicaid, Medicare and the Children Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
July 14, 2025