Recent Policies and Corresponding Resources:

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) memo on sweeping re-review of all refugee arrivals under the Biden administration

• RCUSA action alert
• CWS action alert
• CWS Factsheet
• AfghanEvac Factsheet
• External messaging guide
• USAHello Immigration Guide
• USAHello Refugee program 
• USAHello Afghan updates 
• USCCB’s Update on USRAP
• USCIS Refugee Memo – Summary of Key Provisions
• Practice Alert: USCIS to Review Approvals and Immediately Pause LPR Applications for Refugees Admitted 1/21/21-2/20/25
• Responding to the Authoritarian Ban

Halting of All Asylum Application Decisions

• USCIS Director on asylum application halting (CBS report here)
• USCIS issued new guidance about use of country specific information during vetting of noncitizens from 19 countries on the travel ban
• State Dept has halted issuance of visas for Afghan nationals
• USCIS halted processing of “immigration related requests” for Afghan nationals
• USCIS to reexamine all permanent residence grants for nationals from 19 countries on the travel ban 

Sweeping Immigration Raids

• IRC Explainer: How have the Trump administration’s policies impacted refugees?
• How Illinois Democrats are pre-emptively combating a Chicago crackdown by Trump
• Military Deployments and Federal “Occupations” of American Cities
• 300,000 Lawfully Present Immigrants Will Be Newly Ineligible for Health Care Help in This Open Enrollment Period

Cut SNAP Benefits for Refugees and Asylees

• New Funding Increases Immigration Enforcement – Explains how new federal money for enforcement will be spent
• New Law Changes Taxes for Immigrants – Explains changes in the tax code impacting immigrants
• New Law Limits Health Care & Food Aid for Immigrants – Explains immigrants’ public benefit eligibility changes

Government Shutdown & Appropriations

• Americas Voice: Trump’s Cruel Immigration Policies Weaken Our Economy
• Resources related to the healthcare impacts on immigrant communities
• Mom’s Rising: Tell Congress to reject further ICE funding and to restore congressional oversight
• Fairness to Freedom campaign’s action alert: protect due process protections and funding for legal service programs
• Practice alert from AILA about what happens during a government shutdown

Trump Administration Travel Ban

• Trump’s 2025 Travel Ban: Who Is Affected and What It Could Cost the U.S. Economy
• Trump’s Entry Bans Aren’t Really About National Security

January 20, 2025 Policies Action Steps

• Quick Reference Guide: Top 4 ways to take action
• RCUSA Community Guidance Tool- April, 2025
• RCUSA Action Toolkit- February, 2025
• RCUSA State & Local Toolkit- Spring 2025
• RCUSA State & Local Toolkit- January, 2025

Action Alerts from Member Orgs and Allies:

• Church World Service Action Alerts
• Global Refuge: Advocacy Alerts
• IRAP Action Alerts
• Project Anar Take Action
• HIAS Action Alerts
• National Immigration Law Center Action Alerts
• CHN Take Action
• ACLU Action Alerts