Current Events

In preparation for a recent United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, our friends at #AfghanEvac called for advocates to share their letters of support for Afghan allies and their families.

Bertha Rodriguez and Jirandy Martinez from CRC are on the front lines of the legal battle. "Unfortunately, we have had ice encounters both locally and also at immigration courts. So when families are scheduled to attend their immigration courts, unfortunately they have been detained and because we have our community justice program that can support that family and just provide those services, especially in such a scary time When we get in front of the courtroom, we have ICE a

Standing Up for Refugee Rights At a recent rally in White Plains, community members gathered to support refugees and immigrants. Speakers included County Legislator David Imamura, local faith and advocacy leaders, and Frank Pierson from Neighbors for Refugees.  Please click here to read more about the rally and how Neighbors is standing up for those who need the most help, including a brief video . Because refugees cannot safely appear at public rallies, Frank spoke on beh

The current administration continues its assault on immigrants and refugees. The most recent legislation, affectionately called the “Big Beautiful Bill” (BBB) by Republicans, is anything but beautiful for families who will be stripped of food assistance (food stamps or SNAP) and healthcare (Medicaid and CHIP).

The Department of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that it will allow Temporary Protected Status (TPS) to lapse for...

Photo credit: Prayitno via Wikimedia The latest Trump travel ban has gone into effect, with citizens from 12 countries barred from...

Supreme Court has now paved the way for the Trump administration to remove temporary legal protections for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

The Supreme Court has ruled that it will allow the Trump administration end the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for Venezuelan...

The Trump administration's fast-tracking of refugee status for white Afrikaners is garnering criticism from refugee resettlement...

Some Afghan refugees who had legally resettled in the U.S. have received emails from the Department of Homeland Security urging them to...

Judge rules U.S. must process 12,000 refugees who were conditionally approved for resettlement prior to January 20, 2025.

#AfghanEvac called onn national security leadership officials to take immediate action to protect the future of Enduring Welcome, the U.S. government’s program to provide refugee resettlement for Afghan wartime allies.

An article in The Examiner News by Adam Stone reports: A coalition of Westchester community leaders and refugee support organizations, including Open Arms for Refugees, gathered to condemn a recent DHS letter urging legal asylum seekers to “self-deport.”

Refugee resettlement organizations speak out against this decision.  Refugee resettlement organizations have come out publicly after the...

Westchester residents protest treatment of refugees and immigrants

In spite of recent changes in Washington, Neighbors for Refugees is busy helping legal refugees to the U.S. from Afghanistan, Ukraine, Nicaragua, and other countries. We are fulfilling our mission to help our new neighbors become self-supporting and fully contributing members of our community.

We had hoped that Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric was meant only for the campaign. What we’ve seen in the first week of this new administration has been much worse and swifter than we had anticipated.

Neighbors for Refugees is determined to welcome and support refugee families – both those soon-to-arrive and those who are already members of our communities – no matter what happens under the new Trump administration. Neighbors’ financial and volunteer support helps refugee families meet their many (and likely increasing) challenges: housing, food, learning English, employment, school enrollment, tutoring, navigating the health system, and the like.

As you can imagine, for anyone deeply involved in welcoming refugees to our country, we were surprised and saddened by the election results on November 5th. The incoming administration has expressed hostility to foreigners, and we expect the pipeline for entry into the U.S. for refugees will be severely curtailed, if not almost closed completely.