The Welcome Corps allows applications from private groups formed by five or more people to sponsor refugees for their first 90 days in the U.S.
Catholic organizations applaud, express concerns about new private sponsorship program for refugees
Federal appeals court blocks Trump order on refugee resettlement
A federal circuit court of appeals said Jan. 8, 2021, that a Trump administration executive order that would allow state and local government officials to reject refugees in their jurisdiction violated long-standing resettlement practices.
An open letter regarding refugee resettlement
Catholic and Lutheran bishops: We are saddened that our nation may be creating even more hardships for vulnerable refugee families.
Catholics arrested with other faith groups protesting low cap for refugees
Catholics joined an array of faith communities, human rights groups, clergy, refugees and refugee resettlement agencies gathered outside the U.S. Capitol Oct. 15 protesting deep cuts to the refugee admissions program.
Fewer refugees accepted into U.S. impacts Catholic resettlement programs
War, famine and gang violence have created the largest global refugee population since World War II, yet the U.S. has drastically cut the numbers of refugees it will accept, causing the reduction and closure of Catholic resettlement programs nationwide.