New name.
Same mission.
LIRS is now Global Refuge.
Welcoming newcomers since 1939.
See Our EvolutionLIRS is now Global Refuge.
Welcoming newcomers since 1939.
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When noncitizens are apprehended at the border, or within the United States, they can be detained by several federal government agencies before or during their immigration proceedings.
Written Statement of Krish O’Mara Vignarajah, President and CEO of Global Refuge (Global Refuge) For a Hearing of the House Homeland Security Committee.
In an effort to bring hope and light to thousands of detained migrants in the United States, Global Refuge has launched its fifth-annual Hope for the Holidays campaign.
In an effort to bring hope to thousands of migrants in the United States, Global Refuge is running its sixth-annual Hope for the Holidays campaign.
Despite the challenges that have come with this unexpected influx of new arrivals, communities across the nation have shown radical welcome and hospitality to their new neighbors.
Global Refuge Welcome Centers ensure that asylum seekers and refugees have access to local services and support.
The Biden administration is considering reviving the practice of detaining migrant families who cross the border without prior authorization, as first reported by the New York Times.
Global Refuge called on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to end its pursuit of the separation of families in detention facilities across the country.
The Trump administration has proposed terminating the Flores Settlement Agreement, a federal consent decree in place since 1977 that stipulates that immigrant children cannot be detained more than 20 days.
Global Refuge President and CEO Krish O’Mara Vignarajah was among a small number of faith-based and non-profit leaders invited by Health and Human Services to tour the Homestead Child Detention Facility.