Sign-On—Support 200,000 Refugee Goal for FY 22

From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org):

War, conflict, and persecution have forced millions to leave their homes, creating more refugees than at any other time in history. Most recently, conflicts resulted in hundreds of thousands of Afghans at risk – as many as a million in need of humanitarian protection. UNHCR estimates that 1,473,156 people are in urgent need of resettlement in 2022. As we face the worst refugee crisis in history, it is vital that we urge the Biden Administration to set the refugee admissions goal for FY 2022 at 200,000, immediately engage in meaningful consultations with Congress, as required by law, and provide robust investments to ensure that the U.S. resettlement program can meet today’s humanitarian crises.

At no other time has our moral responsibility to uphold these principles been greater. Your voice is vital to urge the administration to commit to resettling 200,000 refugees and advocate for a robust level of funding for the U.S. resettlement program to rebuild our nation’s capacity to welcome.

Here are the top ways to take action TODAY:

• Faith Leaders Sign-On: Sign onto this faith letter urging the administration to set 200,000 as of the admissions goal for FY 2022.
  • Sign as a faith leader
  • Sign as an organization
• Contact your Members of Congress: Go to https://cwsglobal.org/action-alerts/take-action-now-urge-president-biden-to-welcome-refugees-set-fy-2022-refugee-admissions-goal-at-20000/ to call or email your members of Congress to share this message.
• Amplify on Social Media: Click here for sample social and share this message with your Senators and representatives on social media.

Thank you for taking action, and please share this alert with your networks!