Help Refugees at Risk in the U.S. and Globally

What’s Happening

• As the travel ban took effect on July 13 the IRC called on the Trump administration to transparently and swiftly review the already-rigorous vetting process for refugees.
• That same day a federal judge ordered the administration to expand the number of people who are exempt from the travel ban to include grandparents and other relatives, as well as refugees without family ties to the U.S.
• On July 19 the Supreme Court declined to halt the judge's ruling on relatives but blocked the part of the ruling applying to refugees without family in the U.S.
• Said IRC president David Miliband: “Though we celebrate the fact that grandparents are now considered close family—this is only an incomplete victory. We should not forget that refugees without family relationships still bear the brunt of this bad policy. We hope that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals will allow for the full implementation of Judge Watson’s order and will recognize the true bona fide nature of the relationship between refugees and resettlement agencies, and local communities that wish to welcome them.”