Refugees

We hear from Lutheran Community Services Northwest, one of the organizations that has sued the Trump administration for ending refugee admissions into the U.S.

Advocacy groups are working nonstop to admit refugees into the U.S. as quickly as possible, in case the incoming Trump administration shuts the door to additional arrivals.

For more than 40 years, the U.S. has brought in refugees from around the world through a handful of resettlement agencies. But now a state department program called Welcome Corps creates a new avenue for refugees. It’s a community-based program where teams of people come together to sponsor families and ease their transition into American life.

Durante más de 40 años, los Estados Unidos han traído refugiados de todo el mundo a través de un puñado de agencias de reasentamiento. Pero ahora, un programa del Departamento de Estado llamado Welcome Corps crea una nueva vía para los refugiados.

Thirteen current lawmakers and three candidates will join the border tour, which they’ll pay for with personal or campaign funds.

The Oregon Department of Human Services will distribute $2.25 million in federal grants to help people from Ukraine.

As the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine passes, Oregon legislators are considering a bill to make it easier for Ukrainian refugees to do things like rent an apartment and get a driver's license.

The war there is responsible — and makes it difficult just to assess the scale of displacement. Details are in a new report from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre.

The number is more than double what the U.N.'s refugee agency projected in February when Russia invaded the country. The vast majority of those who have already left are women and children.

Oregon lawmakers created the state’s Office of Immigrant and Refugee Advancement in 2021 with the goal of streamlining support for newcomers to the state, such as the 1,200 Afghan refugees expected this year. In early March, the office got its first director.