CALLS FROM CONNECTICUT NEEDED: Stop Congress from Cutting Refugee Resettlement Funds Background: Congress is proposing funding bills for Fiscal Year 2017 that would flatline refugee resettlement funding at last year’s levels. President Obama committed to resettling 110,000 refugees in 2017, in contrast to the 75,000 planned for in the 2016 […]
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Right now, the Pennsylvania State Senate Appropriations Committee is considering HB 1885, which encourages local police to report and detain people they believe to be undocumented and punishes local police departments for working to develop trust in the community. This proposal would spread fear, hate, and xenophobia. It will not make communities […]
In September and again in November, Secretary Jeh Johnson announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) would resume detaining and deporting Haitians who are searching for safe homes, work, and a place to raise a family since the catastrophic 2010 earthquake that decimated Haiti. In the immediate aftermath of […]
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Background: Congress is proposing funding bills for Fiscal Year 2017 that would flatline refugee resettlement funding at last year’s levels. President Obama committed to resettling 110,000 refugees in 2017, in contrast to the 75,000 planned for in the 2016 budget. As we are facing the worst displacement crisis in recorded […]