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Refugee Resettlement Update from Jewish Social Services

03/16/2021 06:05:29 PM

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Refugee resettlement slowed way down at the end of the last administration. Recently, Jewish Social Services of Madison (JSS) prepared to resettle their first refugee family in six months, but the family's travel was suddenly canceled because the president had not yet signed his Emergency Presidential Determination relating to resettlement. JSS notes that travel cancellation can be extremely harmful as the family would have likely sold all of their possessions and given up their housing in order to prepare for their trip, leaving them without housing and in a precarious situation. 

JSS believes it is vital that President Biden sign the revised refugee admissions goal for FY21 as soon as possible. Each day that passes without this signed executive action is another day that hundreds of particularly vulnerable refugees must wait to be resettled. To learn more, JSS has a briefing paper here with information about how to take action. See this month’s volunteer opportunities for information about a new refugee mentorship program through JSS.

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