We Advocate for Justice  Speakers The LIRS Ambassadors Circle Public Policy Even when immigration and refugee issues are not front-page news, we press government leaders to:

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• Make sure policies and practices on refugees, immigrants, asylum seekers and people in detention are fair and humane.
• Set a generous admissions level for the number of refugees allowed into to our country each year.
• Assure adequate U.S. funding for overseas and domestic programs on refugees.

These are the kinds of issues LIRS works on day in, day out—from the halls of Congress to Department of Homeland Security detention facilities.

Read about our current efforts in the arena of public policy in the latest Advocacy Update.

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