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The First 100 Days
This month brings new Congress and Administration and with it new opportunities to protect and defend forcibly displaced people. The new policymakers will bring change and opportunity for policies with impacts on refugees and those seeking protection…

Texas Refugee Ban: Jesuits Speak Out
Three Jesuit superiors, leaders of their local Jesuit communities in Texas, sent a letter on Thursday, January 16 to Texas Governor Greg Abbott denouncing his decision to ban refugees from the state.

USCCB and JRS/USA Respond to Announcement of Historically Low U.S. Refugee Resettlement Limits
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Jesuit Refugee Service/USA both expressed disappointment after the announcement that a maximum of 30,000 refugees will be resettled in the U.S. in 2019.