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.
FEBRUARY 17, 2025 The costs of resettlement's collapse need to be clear: dismantling resettlement's overseas, domestic, and information infrastructure is not in the interests of the United States. On the left is a map of America’s local resettlement offices as of...
Colorado needs a refugee program it can rely on.
Today, Colorado’s refugee program is at the mercy of presidential preference: the president decides how many refugees Colorado can welcome–or if it can welcome refugees at all. As a result, Colorado’s refugee program has ricocheted between booms and busts over the past decade–resettling between 195 and 1,813 refugees a year. No business can operate with this much uncertainty; neither can Colorado’s refugee program.
Colorado’s refugee program needs a bottom line.
Colorado’s refugee program relies on resettlement offices and community sponsorship groups to welcome refugees. Declines in refugee arrivals over the next four years may permanently damage Colorado’s resettlement program. During the last Trump Administration, almost 40% of local resettlement offices closed. Colorado’s resettlement offices are at risk of pausing programs, laying off staff, or closing altogether. Community sponsorship has been discontinued in Colorado. Help keep the doors open and the lights on in Colorado’s refugee program by donating to your local resettlement agency.
Colorado 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. Colorado needs Congress to commit to welcoming a minimum number of refugees each year and build a refugee program that Coloradans–and refugees–can rely on.
Contact your representatives today.