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.
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Seven of New York’s twenty 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 and Episcopal Migration Ministries to withdraw from the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. Together, these two resettlement agencies oversaw 78 of the U.S.’s 360 resettlement offices, including six in New York. Church World Service has also closed their resettlement office in Brentwood.
Donating to these offices can help position these agencies to resume resettlement should the federal landscape change.
To change the federal landscape, contact your representatives.
New Yorkers deserve a resettlement program they can rely on.
Refugees do too.