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What your calls on the Senate immigration reform bill achieved

Five-year-old Kushal Timsina's family, from Bhutan, spent years in a refugee camp in Nepal before resettling in New York with help from the IRC.

Photo: Misha Cohen

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URGENT: Protect refugee and asylee provisions in the immigration bill

After almost 17 years of living in a refugee camp in Nepal, Bal and Meena Rai resettled in Abilene, Texas, in 2008. They moved into their own home with their sons Sharan and Shamir in 2010 after taking part in an IRC home buyers' workshop. 

Photo: IRC

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A graduation day dream: teaching in Afghanistan

Hadya Abdul Satar in the Afghan capital, Kabul, last summer. Hadya hopes to find a teaching job in Afghanistan — her family's home country — after she graduates from the University of Richmond.

Photo courtesy of Hadya Abdul Satar
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Student group supports Syrian refugees

The Silk Road Dance Company performs at a cultural fair held by the American University chapter of Project Nur. The event was held to support the International Rescue Committee's work with Syrian refugees.

Photo: Abigail Ewart

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New Roots on Earth Day

Photo: Sandy Huffaker/IRC

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Take action: comprehensive immigration reform

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Our New Roots web series named a Webby Awards Honoree

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The International Rescue Committee calls for swift Congressional action on immigration reform

The International Rescue Committee supports comprehensive immigration reform that provides a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants. We recognize that undocumented immigrants have come to the United States in search of a better life for themselves and for their families, and, like refugees resettled here, are eager to participate fully in the economic and civic life of this country.
 
Comprehensive immigration reform will fix a broken system.

Six former Secretaries of State speak out on refugees

In interviews recorded during 2012, six former Secretaries of State speak out on why it is important for the United States to offer support to refugees fleeing war and persecution:

James A. Baker III (served 1989-1992), Dr. Madeleine K. Albright (1997-2001), General Colin L. Powell USA (Ret.) (2001-2005), George Shultz (1982-1989), Dr. Condoleezza Rice (2005-2009), Dr. Henry A. Kissinger (1973-1977)

 

Photo Share: A gift for refugee farmers, Phoenix

Photo: Jared Worley, AmeriCorps VISTA

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