Tell your representatives to reclaim their role in refugee admissions and enshrine America’s commitment to refugees in law.
You can do what the federal government won’t: fund resettlement. Help a local office to keep their doors open and their lights on.
JANUARY 20, 2025 Trump's Inaugural Address, Why the President has So Much Power, and What it Means for the Great State of Alaska. Attempts to destroy the U.S. Refugee Program violate Congressional intent, usurp Congressional authority, and upset the...
Alaska needs a refugee program it can rely on.
Today, Alaska’s refugee program is at the mercy of presidential preference: the president decides how many refugees Alaska can welcome–or if it can welcome refugees at all. As a result, Alaska’s refugee program has ricocheted between booms and busts over the past decade–resettling between 12 and 155 refugees a year. No business can operate with this much uncertainty; neither can Alaska’s refugee program.
Alaska’s refugee program needs a bottom line.
Alaska’s refugee program relies on resettlement offices and community sponsorship groups to welcome refugees. Community sponsorship has been discontinued in Alaska. Alaska’s only resettlement agency, Catholic Social Services, is at risk–facing severe funding cuts. Help keep the doors open and the lights on in Alaska’s refugee program by donating to Catholic Social Services.
Alaska needs a refugee admissions floor.
America’s Refugee Program is a national commitment, pledging freedom to the world’s persecuted, safety to our military allies, and prosperity to our children. Only the federal government can admit refugees and enshrine these American promises into law. Alaska needs Congress to commit to welcoming a minimum number of refugees each year and build a refugee program that Alaskans–and refugees–can rely on.
Contact your representatives today.