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• As Government Shutdown Ends, RCUSA Calls for Swift Congressional Consultations with the White House on FY 2026 Refugee Admissions

  November 13, 2025

• Refugee Council USA Welcomes Five New Board Members

  November 12, 2025

• RCUSA Members United in Outrage Over Record-Low, Unlawful Refugee Admissions Goal for FY26 and the Abandonment of Those Most in Need of Protection

  November 3, 2025

• Press Release: Congressman Raskin, Refugee Leaders, Advocates, and Refugee-serving Organizations Express Outrage in Response to Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for FY 2026

  October 31, 2025

• RCUSA Condemns Historically Low FY 2026 Refugee Admissions Goal and Abandonment of Refugees Most At Risk

  October 30, 2025

• Refugee Council USA Deeply Alarmed by Reported Historic Low FY 2026 Refugee Admissions Goal and President’s Defiance of U.S. Law

  October 6, 2025

• RCUSA Expresses Deep Concern over President’s Failure to Consult with Congress and Issue FY 2026 Refugee Admissions Goal, thereby Blocking Refugee Admissions in Defiance of U.S. Law

  October 1, 2025

• Refugee Council USA Urges President Trump to Uphold U.S. Commitments to International Human Rights and Refugee Treaties, Fully Restore Refugee and Asylum Protections

  September 25, 2025

• National, State, and Local Organizations Urge Congress to Demand the Administration Set Robust Refugee Admissions Goal and Restore Humanitarian Protections

  September 16, 2025

• 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