Refugees International President Eric Schwartz delivered remarks at Saint John’s Church in Washington, DC on forced migration in Central America.
Trump Administration Must Reconsider Eliminating Poverty-focused Assistance Programs in Central America
Eliminating poverty-focused assistance to Central American and abandoning the poor and vulnerable communities with whom we work is short-sighted and counterproductive.
Refugees International Joins More Than 50 Organizations Opposed to Proposed Cuts to Foreign Assistance in Central America
Refugees International and over 50 other organizations issued a statement condemning announced plans by the Trump administration to end foreign assistance programs in the Central American countries of El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras.
Vidas en riesgo: Fallas en las medidas de protección que afectan a hondureños y salvadoreños deportados de Estados Unidos y México
Tanto Estados Unidos como México deportan a personas con considerables necesidades de protección a Honduras y El Salvador.
Putting Lives at Risk: Protection Failures Affecting Hondurans and Salvadorans Deported from the United States and Mexico
Both the United States and Mexico are deporting individuals with significant protection needs back to Honduras and El Salvador
The Trump Administration Decision to End El Salvador’s TPS Designation
The Trump Administration has decided to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for El Salvador. As a result, the fate of some 200,000 Salvadorans currently living in the United States is now in question.
Temporary Protected Status for El Salvador
The U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security has decided not to extend the Temporary Protected Status designation for El Salvador, putting many at risk.
Displacement and Violence in the Northern Triangle
Following a recent mission to the Northern Triangle region of Central American, Refugees International finds that current conditions require that the United States government not deport Temporary Protective Status beneficiaries from Honduras and El Salvador. Rather, the U.S. should provide alternatives for Honduran and Salvadoran women, men and children to remain in the United States legally.
The Refugee Crisis at Home
Beginning in the summer of 2013, unusually high numbers of children, both on their own and with their mothers, crossed the southern border of the United States. The numbers increased again last fall, with some 21,500 family units apprehended at the U.S. border between October and December 2015 — almost three times as many as the…
Northern Triangle Temporary Protected Status National Letter
275 civil rights, labor rights, faith-based, immigrant, human rights, humanitarian, and legal service organizations respectfully request that El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras are designated for Temporary Protected Status (TPS).