Refugees

Starting tomorrow, November 1, more than 40 million Americans may lose food assistance through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). At the same time, healthcare costs for millions will skyrocket.

That means that children across the country would go to bed hungry and families will be thrown off their healthcare plans — for no reason at all.

Funding for SNAP is set to expire tomorrow.

The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) is deeply opposed to President Trump’s announced goal for refugee admissions at just 7,500, with most admissions allocated for Afrikaners.

I didn’t choose to flee my country—I was forced to.

Imagine going to bed each night with the fear that your village might be burned before morning. That fear was my reality growing up in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where I was born and raised until I was eighteen. By 2007, violence and persecution had become the norm. Armed groups, political instability, and deep-rooted ethnic tensions fueled widespread atrocities. Torture, displacement, and fear were no longer isolated. They reached every part of society, leaving communities like mine with no safe place to turn. 

FCNL welcomes the reintroduction of the American Dream and Promise Act.

FCNL today called on President Joe Biden to rescind his executive order restricting access of asylum seekers to the country.

Accepting refugees professionally and compassionately is part of America’s history.

The NO BAN Act sends a message to the country that discriminatory travel bans are unacceptable—and would prevent future presidents from committing similar abuses of power in the future.

Washington, DC – The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) criticized the recent presidential recommendation of the number of refugees allowed to resettle in the United States for fiscal year 2021. The new number, 15,000 refugees, is nearly 20% lower than FY2020 while the number of refugees worldwide continues to grow rapidly.