New name.
Same mission.
LIRS is now Global Refuge.
Welcoming newcomers since 1939.
See Our EvolutionLIRS is now Global Refuge.
Welcoming newcomers since 1939.
See Our EvolutionThe browser you are using is not supported. Please consider using a modern browser.
On June 26, the DHS is poised to publish a final rule in the Federal Register that will make it more difficult for asylum seekers to apply for and obtain employment authorization in the United States.
Today, three refugee resettlement agencies challenged President Trump’s recent executive order giving state and local officials authority to block refugee resettlement in their jurisdictions.
The Trump Administration today announced its intention to set the annual admissions ceiling for refugees at 18,000 for 2020
President Trump has signed the Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for FY2020, setting the annual admissions ceiling for refugees at 18,000
The Supreme Court decided that the Trump administration’s new policy barring asylum for those who travel through Mexico to reach the border can be enforced while legal challenges continue against the ban.
Amid reports that the Trump administration intends to divert $3.6 billion in a construction project funding to build a border wall, Global Refuge opposes this latest attempt to militarize the southern border.
The USCIS issued a policy declaring that children born to U.S. service members and gov't employees overseas will no longer be automatically considered citizens of the US under certain sections of the INA.
Global Refuge is deeply disappointed that today, the Trump Administration announced plans to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program
361 local and state elected officials from 46 states expressed their strong support for resettling refugees in their communities in a bipartisan letter sent to President Trump.
Global Refuge denounces President Trump's statements today saying Central American kids are a burden on U.S. communities.