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• Refugee Council USA Calls for Robust FY 2026 Refugee Admissions Goal, Urges Elected Leaders to Renew American Humanitarian Values and Fully Restore Refugee and Humanitarian Protections

  August 27, 2025

• Advocacy Days Reflection: The Travel Ban is Back – But So Is Our Voice by Salimatou Diallo

  July 23, 2025

• Open Letter to State Department Staff Subject to Reduction in Force (RIF) Notices Impacting Refugee Admissions, Afghan Allies, and Humanitarian Protections

  July 11, 2025

• On the Eve of July 4th, Refugee Council USA Condemns the House Passage of the Budget Reconciliation Bill and Its Blatantly Anti-Refugee, Anti-Asylum, Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Family, Anti-American Provisions

  July 3, 2025

• Refugee Council USA Unequivocally Opposes the Senate Budget Reconciliation Bill and Its Blatantly Anti-Refugee, Anti-Asylum, Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Family, Anti-American Provisions

  June 30, 2025

• RCUSA Joins the 2025 Annual Consultations on Resettlement and Complimentary Pathways (CRCP) in Geneva

  June 27, 2025

• Refugee Council USA Commemorates World Refugee Day 2025, Urges Our Elected Leaders to Take a Stand in Solidarity

  June 20, 2025

• Refugee Council USA Denounces Harmful Refugee Benefits Cuts in Budget Reconciliation Package

  June 17, 2025

• Refugee Council USA Condemns Discriminatory Travel Ban as Betrayal of American Values and Humanitarian Commitments

  June 5, 2025

• RCUSA Advocacy Days 2025: Refugee Leaders Demand Congress Restore Humanitarian Protections

  June 3, 2025