03/13/25 National Catholic Reporter: US bishops to appeal loss in fight with Trump over refugee funding
03/11/25 Washington Post: Trump administration says it could take months to resume refugee admissions
03/08/25 NPR News: Trump freeze on resettlement funding leaves new refugees scrambling to adjust in U.S.
02/27/25 AP News: Refugee aid groups say Trump administration is trying to circumvent court order
02/25/25 AP News: A federal judge in Seattle blocks Trump’s effort to halt the refugee admissions system
02/25/25 | Pittsburg Post-Gazette (PA): Allegheny County will kick in $224,000 for refugee settlement services after federal funds are cut off
02/24/25 | PBS News: For refugee communities in Missouri, freeze on resettlement leads to furloughs and uncertainty
02/21/25 | ABC News: Staff cuts and shifting priorities hit refugee philanthropy after Trump administration's orders
02/21/25 | AP News: Refugees and their sponsors feel stuck after halt to programs letting communities resettle newcomers
02/19/25 | Houston Landing (TX): Houston’s newly arrived Afghan refugees face eviction, uncertainty after Trump cuts support
02/19/25 | The Journal (KS): Uncertain era emerging for growing refugee resettlement group
02/18/25 | Voice of San Diego (CA): San Diego Resettlement Agencies Scramble to Keep Newly Arrived Refugees from Losing their Homes
02/18/25 | Reuters: Office overseeing Afghan resettlement in US told to start planning closure, sources say
02/18/25 | Mountain Home Observer (AR): Arkansas faith groups worried about federal policies hindering immigrant, refugee ministries
02/18/25 | AP News: US Catholic bishops sue Trump administration for halt in funding for refugee settlement
02/17/25 | NBC 5 DFW (TX): Catholic Charities [Dallas] refugee program lays off 59 employees due to pause on federal funds
02/18/25 | Marketplace: This program helped Afghan women learn to drive [in Houston]. Then Trump cut refugee resettlement
02/16/25 | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (PA): Federal funding freeze leaves Pittsburgh refugee aid groups scrambling
02/16/25 | CT Mirror (CT): Refugee resettlement in CT at risk as executive orders upend IRIS
02/15/25 | The Denver Post (CO): Trump order strands pregnant wife of interpreter who helped Colorado senator
Highlights given paywall: "The pregnant wife of Qismat Amin, who risked his life as a war-zone interpreter for U.S. troops and became a U.S. citizen, is trapped with him in Afghanistan following President Donald Trump’s orders to freeze refugee admissions and foreign aid...U.S. State Department staffers in the Office of the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation (CARE) on Wednesday conveyed a message through U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper’s office that Amin and Shirzad were put on a list for travel to Qatar but that all flights “have been paused due to the Executive Order.”
02/14/25 | Time Magazine: They Were Promised Flights to the U.S. Now They’re Stuck and in Danger
02/14/25 | Houston Public Media (TX): Houston refugees, local service organizations in limbo after suspension of U.S resettlement program
02/13/25 | KERA News (TX): Dozens of Dallas refugee resettlement workers laid off after cuts to federal funding
02/13/25 | The Herald Journal (UT): CRIC committed to refugees and immigrants in wake of federal funding uncertainty
02/13/25 | Las Vegas Sun (NV): Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada pauses refugee program in response to Trump order
02/12/25 | NPR: Hundreds laid off, thousands of refugees risk losing benefits during federal pause
02/11/25 | WKU Public Radio (KY): Bowling Green refugee agency plans staffing cuts after President Trump's federal funding freeze
02/11/25 | Houston Public Media (TX): Catholic Charities in Houston lays off 120 employees amidst refugee resettlement suspension
02/11/25 | ABC 13 WHAM (NY): Amid cuts, local refugee resettlement group makes plea for help
02/10/25 | National Catholic Reporter: USCCB lays off a third of migration staff after Trump's suspension of refugee resettlement program
02/11/25 | New York Times: Groups Sue Over Trump's Pause on Refugee Admissions
02/10/25 | AP News: Aid groups sue over Trump’s order suspending federal refugee program and funding
02/07/25 | WUSA 9 (MD): Refugee families at risk as federal funding stops, says Montgomery County councilmember
02/06/25 | Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, N.Y. (NY): Jewish Family Services announces layoffs due to foreign aid suspension
02/06/25 | Ann Arbor News (MI): Ann Arbor refugee resettlement agency sounds alarm about $550K funding gap
Highlights given paywall: "An Ann Arbor-based refugee resettlement agency is sounding the alarm about federal policy changes and funding freezes impacting local efforts. 'We need to raise $550,000 to bridge the refugee services funding gap and to sustain uninterrupted safety net services for a variety of community members,' Anya Abramzon, CEO of Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County, wrote in a Jan. 31 email to community members."
02/05/25 | Tri-City Herald (WA): Southeast WA refugee group reeling after Trump orders 30% of employees cut
02/04/25 | The Charlotte Observer (NC): NC religious group targeted by Elon Musk forced to stop refugee resettlement program
02/04/25 | Religion New Service (USA): Refugee aid groups face furloughs after Trump halts program, refuses to reimburse work
02/02/25 | St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MO): International Institute announces furloughs
Highlights given paywall: "Citing new Trump administration policies that have halted immigration and refugee programs, the International Institute of St. Louis announced temporary furloughs affecting more than 60% of its statewide staff. The furloughs began Saturday, with no ending date known. In a statement, the institute said, "Without assurances that the federal government will release the money to our organization that has been promised by acts of Congress, we must make this unfortunate, immediate and drastic action."
02/01/25 |The Buffalo News (NY): Buffalo refugee resettlement agency laying off 21 employees after Trump's executive order
Highlights given paywall: "A Buffalo nonprofit focused on refugee resettlement and support services is laying off about 17% of its staff as a result of the financial blow stemming from President Trump's indefinite suspension of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program. Effective at the close of business Monday, Journey's End Refugee Services will lay off 21 of its 124 employees."
01/31/25 |Dayton Daily News (OH): Trump order impacts program helping hundreds of local refugees
01/31/25 |Detroit News (MI): Michigan refugees risk losing support - Fed funding halt threatens clothing, food, housing aid for new arrivals
01/31/25 | Quad City Times (IA): 72 refugee families in Quad-Cities left without funding for rent as federal aid is suspended
01/31/25 | Westword (CO): Colorado-Bound Refugee Flights Canceled After Trump Orders, Nonprofits Say
01/31/25 | ABC 8 WMTW (ME): Program helping to resettle refugees in Maine told to cease operations
01/30/25 | WESA 90.5 Pittsburgh (PA): Pittsburgh-area resettlement groups scramble to help 500 new refugees, after Trump stops funding
01/30/25 | FOX 4 WDAF Kansas City (MO): Nonprofit helps refugees speak out against Trump's executive order
01/30/25 | Independent Record (MT): ‘It’s cruel’: Helena refugee aid group loses 2 incoming families after Trump's executive orders
Highlights given paywall: "After a series of executive orders blocked two refugee families from landing in Helena, Valerie Hellermann keeps returning to the same word: "cruel. Hellermann is the executive director of the Helena Area Refugee Resettlement Team, or HARRT, a program run by local nonprofit Hands on Global...But after executive orders from President Donald Trump altered immigration law and suspended applications for asylum in the United States, HARRT lost two Afghan families who were expected to arrive in February."
01/29/25 | Anchorage Daily News (AK): Refugee resettlement pause will keep some Alaskans separated from family members
01/29/25 | Associated Press: Refugee resettlement agencies scramble after Trump orders them to halt their federally funded work
01/29/25 | The Oregonian (OR): Federal funding freeze sends Portland refugee organizations scrambling
01/28/25 | Houston Chronicle (TX): Trump orders leave Houston refugee groups, new arrivals with 'grim outlook'
01/27/25 | NPR: Afghans who helped the U.S. are in dangerous limbo after Trump's order on refugees
01/26/25 | The Gazette (IA): Refugees set to reunite with family in Iowa are now ‘stranded’ under Trump order
01/25/25 | Vermont Valley News (VT): ‘An unconscionable betrayal’: Vermont groups scramble in wake of Trump order to halt refugee resettlement