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OfflineGlobal Refuge’s Policy and Advocacy Team advocates every day to advance just, humane, and dignified refugee and immigration policy. But we couldn’t do any of it without our grassroots supporters! Thanks to their actions and the work of our large advocacy community, momentum is building in Congress — across both parties — to defend lifesaving protections. Below is the latest on where things stand and how our advocacy is making a difference.
Our Grassroots Supporters Helped Narrow the Vote and Change the Debate — Now the Race Is On to Secure Real OversightWhile our advocates' passionate voices helped stall passage for months, and keep the vote excruciatingly tight, the ICE/CBP reconciliation package finally passed earlier this month. It provides nearly $70 billion more funding for ICE and Border Patrol over the next three years — the largest enforcement expansion in modern history — funding mass deportations,… |
OfflineFive years ago, Burma’s burgeoning democracy was upended in a bloody coup by the military junta.
A devastating civil war unfolded between the military junta— the Tatmadaw—and various ethnic armed organizations and pro-democracy groups.
Burma, the southeast Asian country also known as Myanmar, remains unsafe after years of internal conflict, forced displacement, and fragility from conflict and natural disasters. While elections were organized by the junta in late 2025, U.S. policymakers of both parties have been clear that these elections were a “sham” meant to legitimize the junta’s repressive rule.
The United States has offered refuge and temporary protection to Burmese nationals under various statuses. But the promise of…
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