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The IRC in Seattle helps people fleeing violence and persecution make Washington their new home. We continue to work alongside refugee communities and other Ukrainian partners and groups to welcome and support Ukrainians and other refugees in urgent need of safety. We plan to welcome Ukrainian newcomers and provide as much support as we can where needed. Such support may include housing, food security, youth education enrollment, and employment and career efforts. The depth and scope of IRCs work is paramount and immense to refugees, unaccompanied minors, victims of abuse, survivors of human trafficking, and asylees.

In the 1600s, a group of writers collaborated on a historical play called Sir Thomas More. The script included one of the earliest and most impassioned defenses of a compassionate refugee policy, an extract known as The Strangers’ Case, widely believed to be written by William Shakespeare.

Angelica did not want to take her family and risk the violence and poverty she had fled in Mexico, nor did she wish to continue living in the shadows of being undocumented in the U.S. She thought the only other option would be to tear their family apart with one parent living on each side of the border.

The IRC opened its locally-funded office in Miami in 1960 in response to the Cuban Revolution and, over the decades, has served over 25,000 refugees, asylees, survivors of human trafficking and other vulnerable populations in South Florida. Due to nationally reduced refugee admissions, the IRC ended its refugee resettlement program in Miami in 2018. Although its resettlement program concluded in 2018, the IRC in Miami continues to serve the community by providing holistic, trauma-informed services to survivors of human trafficking and unaccompanied children and their families.

Anu Subramaniam has been volunteering with the IRC in Silver Spring office for a year as a youth tutor. She sees her volunteer service intimately linked to her work to "enforce access and equity in a world that does not."

From Texas to Tucson and everything in between, Terry's experiences and desire to get involved led him to the IRC.

Democratic Virginia State Senator Ghazala Hashmi will join the IRC’s States Lay the Foundation summit on Tuesday, June 6.

Republican Utah State Representative Jordan Teuscher will join the IRC’s States Lay the Foundation summit on Tuesday, June 6.

The IRC in Salt Lake City is currently running a series, “Refugee Resettlement”, describing our efforts to resettle and serve refugees and their families who now call the Beehive State “home.” Part three, the final in the series, focuses on the programs and services offered to support refugees’ and New Americans’ efforts to positively integrate beyond resettlement.