WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is looking to cut the number of refugees who come to the United States to escape persecution and humanitarian crises, a program that formally dates back to 1980, ...

The Department of Homeland Security issued a policy memo in February 2026 that could lead to the detention of refugees who are legally in the country. The new policy states that “DHS may arrest and ...

The number of displaced people has doubled in the last 10 years. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), more than 123 million people have been forcibly displaced for ...

Every year, the president of the United States determines how many refugees can enter this country. The law says he must consult Congress on this number. But last week, President Trump went ahead ...

(RNS) — The Trump administration is planning to radically overhaul who is admitted through the U.S. refugee program. (RNS) — Over 45 years ago, our organizations — Church World Service, HIAS and World ...

As Americans digest a daily deluge of headlines about the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigration and now the war in Iran, the CEO of a global refugee resettlement network wants to ensure ...

Franzisca Zanker receives funding from the European Research Council for the project "The Political Lives of Migrants: Perspectives from Africa" (Grant no: 101161856). Dina Wahba does not work for, ...