One Year Later: When Policy Changed, the Church Responded
One year ago, a series of sweeping executive orders drastically reshaped how the United States engages with people experiencing vulnerability — suspending the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, pausing foreign assistance, shuttering USAID, restricting asylum access and expanding immigration enforcement. These changes created immediate and tangible consequences for World Relief’s work: Thousands of recently-arrived refugees were left without promised resettlement support, and critical global programs ranging from maternal health to trauma recovery were slowed or halted entirely.
