Navigating the Storm: Adapting the IRC Mission to a Shrinking Resettlement Landscap
To the IRC Team and Governing Board: This week, while looking at the vacant desks in our resettlement offices, we feel the full effect of the silence surrounding them. In recent years, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has provided hope for those who needed it; now we stand at a crucial juncture. I recently read a very good article from HIAS titled 2025: Year in Review. The author describes how U.S. humanitarian policy has changed in such large ways that it has completely changed how we operate (HIAS, 2025). This document is more than a description of policy; it is a representation of the situations we encounter every day. The suspension of the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) and the closing of critical sources of support (such as USAID) not only created bureaucratic obstacles but also left certain families that we had promised to keep safe in limbo. For the International Rescue Committee (IRC)—whose mission is based on Albert Einstein's idea of sanctuary—these ...
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