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Sponsor a Refugee
Before the Refugee Act of 1980, refugee resettlement in the U.S. was largely conducted privately or through community groups. The act standardized the process and today most refugees in the U.S. are primarily welcomed through resettlement agencies, such as the International Rescue Committee.
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A refugee gains her citizenship—and fights to make her family whole
Six years after Iraqi refugee Maha al-Obaidi resettled in the United States, her family remains divided. While three of her sons are thriving alongside her in New York, two others, her husband and a grandson are still in the Middle East.
- Video
- April 13, 2022
A new American boy
13-year old Zain from Karachi, Pakistan is a student in IRC’s Refugee Youth Summer Academy preparing for school in New York this fall.
- Article
- June 27, 2022
A nurse practitioner and refugee explains why she gives back
After her family fled war in Liberia and was resettled in Oakland, California by the IRC, Torbertha Torbor became a nurse practitioner in the hopes of giving back to her community. She's now on the frontlines fighting COVID-19.
- Video
- June 22, 2022
'In El Salvador, you don’t know if you’ll make it home alive at the end of the day'
Threatened by gangs in El Salvador, Valentina escaped danger by resettling to the United States. She tells her powerful story so others, like her, might have a chance at safety and freedom.
- Article
- December 30, 2022
New IRC analysis of US Refugee Resettlement shows vastly reduced arrivals at a time of record global need and consistent popular support; Refugees targeted by country-of-origin, Muslim arrivals facing sharpest decline
- Press Release
- June 22, 2022
Community Sponsorship is a New Opportunity to Welcome Refugees in Montana
Before the Refugee Act of 1980 standardized refugee resettlement through the use of resettlement agencies, such as the International Rescue Committee, resettlement was largely conducted privately or through community groups. With the increasing numbers and enthusiasm of local community groups offering to partner to resettle refugees, IRC is committed to integrating community sponsorship programming at the local and national levels!
- Announcement
- February 2, 2023
The IRC in NJ's littlest client
The IRC in Elizabeth had a very unusual resettlement client this year.
- Announcement
- June 27, 2022
Staff spotlight: Sharefa Daw
Meet Sharefa Daw, Resettlement Caseworker at the IRC in Dallas.
- Announcement
- June 22, 2022
Long journey to Texas
Last year, the Governor of Texas declared that the state would no longer accept Syrian refugees, citing security concerns after the horrific attacks in Paris. The state demanded that the International Rescue Committee halt its resettlement programs or face a lawsuit. A federal judge on June 16, 2016 dismissed the lawsuit that would have banned refugee resettlement in Texas.
- Video
- April 13, 2022