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• Refugee Council USA Commemorates the 45th Anniversary of the Refugee Act of 1980

  March 17, 2025

• President Trump Extinguishes U.S. Resettlement Program, Shutting the Door on Refugee Protections and the Refugee-Serving Nonprofit Community

  February 28, 2025

• RCUSA Applauds Court Intervention to Block Trump Administration’s Suspension of U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program

  February 26, 2025

• President Trump’s Punitive Attacks on Refugees, Unaccompanied Children, Asylum Seekers, and Immigrants are Breathtakingly Cruel and an Affront to our Nation’s Values

  February 19, 2025

• RCUSA Commends Resettlement Agencies for Pursuing Legal Action, Urges Administration to Restore Urgently-Needed Refugee and Humanitarian Protections

  February 14, 2025

• PRESS RELEASE: Local, State, and National Organizations Call on Congress to Urge Trump Administration to Restore and Invest in the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP)

  February 13, 2025

• Refugee Council USA Reaffirms Commitment to Refugee Resettlement and Civil Society’s Vital Role in Global Efforts

  February 12, 2025

• Suspending Foreign Assistance Funding Causes Unimaginable Harm to Refugees and Forcibly Displaced People in the United States and Overseas

  January 25, 2025

• Refugee Council USA Condemns President Trump’s Overnight Implementation of Refugee Ban

  January 22, 2025

• Refugee Council USA Denounces President Trump’s Ban on Vulnerable Refugees, Grinding American Values to a Halt

  January 21, 2025