New refugee resettlement News.

US refugee admissions program interim report for 2004.

  1. Find out if your representative is on the Bipartisan Congressional Refugee Caucus: List of Caucus Members.
  2. Find your Representative on the House of Representatives web site: http://www.house.gov.
  3. Write your Representative. A sample letter in PDF format is available for viewing/printing, and an editable version is also available in RTF format, suitable for most word-processors.

Please find your local branch for the following agencies and help fellow Oromo refugees.     

              

   

 

                                                  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

LIRS Affiliates (View list by state)
Interfaith Refugee & Immigration Ministries *
Lutheran Children and Family Services of Eastern Pennsylvania *
Lutheran Community Services Northwest—Multicultural Community Services *
Lutheran Community Services of Southern New England
Lutheran Family and Community Services of New York *
Lutheran Family Services in the Carolinas *
Lutheran Family Services of Colorado *
Lutheran Family Services of Nebraska *
Lutheran Services Florida
Lutheran Services of Georgia
Lutheran Social Ministries of New Jersey *
Lutheran Social Ministry of the Southwest *
Lutheran Services in Iowa
Lutheran Social Services of Northeast Florida *
Lutheran Social Services of Northern New England/Interfaith Refugee Resettlement
Lutheran Social Services of the National Capital Area *
Lutheran Social Services of Michigan *
Lutheran Social Service of Minnesota *
Lutheran Social Services of North Dakota *
Lutheran Social Services of South Dakota *
Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan
Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees *
Opening Doors
Refugee Services of Texas
St. Anselm's Cross-Cultural Community Center
Tressler Lutheran Refugee and Immigration Services *

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affiliates who are also Immigration Service Providers. (View list by state.)

 

U.S. Government Agencies
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
U.S. Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS)
U.S. Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM)
U.S. Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ)
U.S. Department of State (DOS)
U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)

 

Lutheran Church Bodies and Organizations
Association of Lutheran Development Executives
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
Lutheran Disaster Response
Lutheran Human Relations Association
Lutheran Men in Mission
Lutheran Office of Governmental Affairs
Lutheran Services in America
Lutheran Volunteer Corps
Lutheran Women's Missionary League
Lutheran World Federation
Lutheran World Relief
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans (formerly Aid Association for Lutherans/Lutheran Brotherhood)
Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Other Church-Based Partner Organizations
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance
Wheat Ridge Ministries

U.S. Refugee Resettlement Agencies
Church World Service
Episcopal Migration Ministries
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
Iowa Department of Human Services
International Rescue Committee
Immigration and Refugee Services of America
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops/Migration and Refugee Services
World Relief

Civil and Human Rights Organizations
American Civil Liberties Union
American Friends Service Committee
Amnesty International USA
Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers Committee for Human Rights)
Human Rights Watch

Legal Organizations
American Bar Association (ABA Lawyer Referral Services)
American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA's Immigration Lawyer Referral Service)
Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc. (CLINIC)
National Immigration Law Center
National Lawyers Guild

Resources for and About Torture Survivors
ACCESS Psychosocial Rehabilitation Center
Advocates for Survivors of Torture and Trauma
American Friends Service Committee
Amigos de los Sobrevivientes
Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture
Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights

Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of New York
Catholic Charities, Archdiocese of New Orleans
Catholic Legal Immigration Network
Center for Justice and Accountability
Center for Survivors of Torture
Center for Victims of Torture
Cross-Cultural Counseling Center of the International Institute of New Jersey
Detained Torture Survivor Legal Support Network (coordinated by LIRS)
Doctors of the World
F.I.R.S.T. Project, Inc.
Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project
Florida Center for Surivors of Torture, Gulf Coast Community Care
Florida Immigration Advocacy Center
Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
International Survivors Center
Jewish Family Services of Columbus
Khmer Health Advocates
Liberty Center for Survivors of Torture
Marjorie Kovler Center for the Treatment of Survivors of Torture
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights
National Consortium of Torture Treatment Programs
Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center
Program for Survivors of Torture & Severe Trauma (PSTT)
Program for Torture Victims
Refuge
Rocky Mountain Survivor Center

Safe Horizon/Solace
Survivors International of Northern California
Survivors of Torture International
World Organization Against Torture

Detention Watch Network Advisory Committee Member Organizations
American Bar Association
American Friends Service Committee
Amnesty International
Catholic Legal Immigration Network, Inc.
Church World Service

Citizens and Immigrants for Equal Justice
Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
Immigration and Refugee Services of America
Jesuit Refugee Service
Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of Texas (Texas Lawyers' Committee)
Lawyers Committee for Human Rights
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service
National Immigration Law Center
Political Asylum/Immigration Representation Project
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center
United Methodist Committee on Relief
Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children

Overseas and International Organizations
Citizenship and Immigration Canada
International Organization for Migration
International Catholic Migration Commission (ICMC)
Joint Voluntary Agency, Nairobi, Kenya
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Worldwide Refugee Admissions Processing System (WRAPS)

Other Agencies and Organizations
Bridging Refugee Youth and Children's Services—BRYCS Clearinghouse
Citizens and Immigrants for Equal Justice
Casa Alianza
Central American Refugee Center (CARECEN)
December 18 — An online organization that promotes and protects migrant rights
ECPAT-USA (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes)
Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project
Hmong National Development
HumanTrafficking.org
Jewish Family Services
National Council of La Raza
National Immigration Forum
Pennsylvania Immigration Resource Center
Refugee Council USA
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)
Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children

Immigration-Related Reference
Center for Immigration Studies
Immigration & Naturalization Service Center LLC—U.S. Immigration forms and information
The American Immigration Law Foundation's Immigration Policy Center

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