URGENT: You can stop cuts to refugee services!
As all of our concern grows for the children fleeing violence in Central America and seeking safety in the United States, we've just learned that the U.S. Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) plans to reprogram $94 million from refugee services to meet the needs of these children.Without additional funding, vital programs that assist refugees will lose funding. Refugee services are already underfunded, and these cuts would have devastating consequences for refugees and the communities that welcome them.You can make a difference for them by urging our Members of Congress to ensure that the Office of Refugee Resettlement receives an additional $200 million to meet the needs of both refugees and unaccompanied children, for a total of $3.367 billion in FY 15.Please call your Members of Congress today and urge them to substantially increase funding so that ORR can meet the needs of both unaccompanied children and refugees.Here are the direct phone numbers and twitter handles for your elected officials:Rep. Tiberi - (202) 225-5355Sen. Brown - (202) 224-2315Sen. Portman - (202) 224-3353Tell them:
- I'm your constituent from [city, state] and I care about refugees.
- I urge you to increase funding for the Office of Refugee Resettlement by $200 million in FY14 so they can meet the needs of both unaccompanied children and refugees. The office has a shortfall and will have to cut services for refugees if Congress does not increase its funding.
- The U.S. must show leadership in helping these children while maintaining our commitment to refugee resettlement. I urge you to ensure that ORR receives a total of $3.367 billion in Fiscal Year 2015.
Click here to find out more.Thanks for taking the time today to speak out on this important issue.