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 26, 2025 As of 12:01am this morning, the U.S. has formally suspended refugee resettlement. Here's what it means for America--and the Great State of Arizona. Trump’s Executive Order paints the Refugee Program as disorderly and overwhelming—causing,...
Arizona needs a refugee program it can rely on.
Today, Arizona’s refugee program is at the mercy of presidential preference: the president decides how many refugees Arizona can welcome–or if it can welcome refugees at all. As a result, Arizona’s refugee program has ricocheted between booms and busts over the past decade–resettling between 403 and 3,776 refugees a year. No business can operate with this much uncertainty; neither can Arizona’s refugee program.
Arizona’s refugee program needs a bottom line.
Arizona’s refugee program relies on resettlement offices and community sponsorship groups to welcome refugees. In January of 2025, Arizona hosted seven refugee resettlement offices. Only four of those offices remain able to resettle refugees. Declines in arrivals and federal funding have forced The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Episcopal Migration Ministries to withdraw from the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. Together, these two resettlement agencies oversee 78 of the U.S.’s 360 resettlement offices. Lutheran Social Services Southwest in Tucson, Catholic Charities Phoenix, and Catholic Services Tucson are three of those offices. Community sponsorship has been discontinued in Alabama. Help keep the doors open and the lights on in Arizona’s refugee program by donating to your local resettlement agency.
Arizona 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. Arizona needs Congress to commit to welcoming a minimum number of refugees each year and build a refugee program that Arizonans–and refugees–can rely on.
Contact your representatives today.