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Advocacy for United States
What’s Happening?
The second Trump administration is working to dismantle the refugee resettlement system and end the asylum system codified in U.S. law in 1980. It is invoking extraordinary executive and war powers to ban refugees from coming to the United States, eliminate access to protection at the southern border, revoke the statuses and protections from those already in the United States, and deport humanitarian migrants regardless of the risk of harm. It is also eliminating foreign aid to countries facing crisis and displacement.
What Must Be Done?
Refugees International is calling on the United States to abide by its own and international legal obligations with respect to refugees and asylum seekers. Both the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program and U.S. aid must be restored because they are lifesaving and crucial to global stability and U.S. interests.
Latest Reports and Briefs
“Don’t Tell Me About Your Fear”: Elimination of Longstanding Safeguard Leads to Systematic Violations of Refugee Law
August 12, 2024
118th Congress: Humanitarian Engagement for Displaced Populations
April 20, 2023
Mixed Blessing: Guatemalan Experiences under the New Central American Minors Program
March 15, 2023
Latest Statements and News
Refugees International Condemns Trump Admin’s Move to Terminate Parole, Work Authorization for Hundreds of Thousands of People Who Entered the United States through CBP One
April 9, 2025
Refugees International Condemns Unlawful Invocation of the Alien Enemies Act
March 17, 2025
MSNBC, CNN, ABC, BBC, NPR +: Jeremy Konyndyk on Attacks on U.S. Foreign Aid
February 21, 2025
Latest Opinions, Q&As, and Explainers
Latest Advocacy Letters
Urging the Governments of Costa Rica and Panama to Address Injustices Relating to U.S. Return Scheme
March 27, 2025
75+ Organizations and Congregations Urge the Biden Administration to Take Action Following Changes to CBP One Appointments
September 17, 2024
80+ Organizations Express Objection to Border Act of 2024
September 5, 2024
Latest Events and Testimonies
Refugees International President Jeremy Konyndyk Speaks at a Senate Roundtable on the Implications of Halting U.S. Foreign Assistance
February 12, 2025
Refugees International President Jeremy Konyndyk Speaks at “Restore Foreign Aid” Rally in Washington D.C.
February 5, 2025
What Do President Trump’s Week One Actions Mean for Refugees International’s Global Advocacy?
January 22, 2025
