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.
For decades, Virginia has sat at a crossroads of service: a place where military and faith communities work in tandem to welcome families displaced by conflict. From Vietnamese refugees resettled after the fall of Saigon to Afghan interpreters rebuilding their lives...
Four of Virginia’s resettlement offices will be unable to resettle refugees next year.
Declines in arrivals and federal funding have forced the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops–which oversees 60 of U.S.’s 360 resettlement offices–to withdraw from the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. As a result, four of Virginia’s resettlement offices will be unable to resettle refugees next year.
Donating to these offices can help position this office to resume resettlement should the federal landscape change.
To change the federal landscape, contact your representatives.
Virginians deserves a Refugee Program they can rely on.
Refugees do too.