President Biden Announces Plans to Issue New Asylum Ban
On January 5th, the Biden administration announced plans to issue a new rule reviving Trump-era asylum bans that would deny people at the southern border…
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Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) is incredibly grateful to announce a generous $400,000 gift from ELCA World Hunger. Since LIRS’s founding in 1939, the… FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 5, 2023 Contact: Erin Taylor | etaylor@lirs.org WASHINGTON D.C. – President Biden today announced a new plan to offer humanitarian parole to…
LIRS Receives Foundational Gift from ELCA World Hunger for Baltimore-Based Programming
Biden Administration Doubles Down on Dangerous Asylum Blocking Policy, Announces Parole Program for Cubans, Haitians, and Nicaraguans