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 13, 2025 Those that vote to cut funding for refugee resettlement are voting to take away money from their own districts, lay off their own constituents, and close some of their state’s top-performing workforce development programs. The 119th...
Alabama needs a refugee program it can rely on.
Today, Alabama’s refugee program is at the mercy of presidential preference: the president decides how many refugees Alabama can welcome–or if it can welcome refugees at all. As a result, Alabama’s refugee program has ricocheted between booms and busts over the past decade–resettling between 0 and 559 refugees a year. No business can operate with this much uncertainty; neither can Alabama’s refugee program.
Alabama’s refugee program needs a bottom line.
Alabama’s refugee program relies on resettlement offices and community sponsorship groups to welcome refugees. In January of 2025, Alabama hosted four refugee resettlement offices. Only of two of those offices remain able to resettle refugees. Episcopal Migration Ministries, which operates 15 of America’s 360 resettlement offices, was forced withdraw from the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program in 2025. Global Ties Alabama, located in Huntsville, and Dwell Mobile–both affiliates of Episcopal Migration Ministries–were impacted. Community sponsorship has been discontinued in Alabama. Help keep the doors open and the lights on in Alabama’s refugee program by donating to your local resettlement agency.
Alabama 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. Alabama needs Congress to commit to welcoming a minimum number of refugees each year and build a refugee program that Alabamans–and refugees–can rely on. Contact your representatives today.