Refuge For Families, a transnational initiative to address and develop a humane and unified movement responsive to the plight of migrants along the Central America-US corridor, condemns any further moves to decimate the refugee resettlement program, which has saved countless families over the years. A week after denying asylum seekers the right to request protection at our Southern border if they do not apply for asylum in at least one country along their route to the United States, the Trump Administration is hinting at completely shutting down the U.S. Refugee Resettlement Program by setting the 2020 refugee admissions goal to zero.   
The proposed cut comes after a 75 percent cut in the number of refugees allowed into the country this year. The historic average goal over the last four decades was 95,000, but Trump has already cut admissions to 30,000.  “As people who care about refugees – abroad and at our doorstep – we must make our voices heard,” said Stephanie Stephens, of We Are All America. “As a nation, we should be honoring our values of life and liberty as the world’s greatest democracy and help to integrate immigrants and refugees into the civic society,” said Josh Hoyt of the National Partnership for New Americans. Refugee and migrant rights activists are calling for Congress to step in to do everything in their power to stop the attacks on refugees and asylum seekers. Refuge for Families coalition partner We Are All America and its allies are having a National Day of Outrage August 3rd. For more information visit WeAreAllUSA.org.