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Today, President Trump declared the situation at the border a national emergency, invoking presidential emergency powers to increase border security. While appreciative of his commitment to securing the border, World Relief urges the President to pursue broad-based immigration reform in partnership with Congress.
Today, President Trump addressed the nation in an annual address to a joint session of Congress. Heartened by his commitment to “the security, safety and financial well-being of Americans” World Relief agrees that legal immigrants “enrich our nation and strengthen our society.”
Today, President Trump addressed the nation to propose a compromise to end the month-plus long shutdown.
Following President Trump’s Oval Office address, World Relief calls for bipartisan immigration reforms that will both improve border security and improve the process by which immigrants can earn permanent legal status and eventually citizenship.
World Relief Memphis will be featured this Monday, December 3, on “Amy Grant’s Tennessee Christmas – Presented by Hallmark Channel,” a part of the network’s #1-rated programming event, COUNTDOWN TO CHRISTMAS.
Recent Coverage
World Relief published a full-page newspaper ad featuring 100+ evangelical leaders urging President Trump to reconsider refugee-related executive order. Read story
In his op-ed, "I'm Pro-Life, and Pro-Refugee," Scott Arbeiter, President of World Relief, explores how to expand from a traditional pro-life agenda towards an even more inclusive approach—one that embraces refugees. Read Op-Ed
In his op-ed titled, "Security is not everything," World Relief CEO Tim Breene explains, "when our desire for security is so great that it diminishes our humanity and our capacity or willingness to see the world through the eyes of another, we lose a precious part of who we were designed to be." Read Op-Ed
This Christianity Today article explores the effects of the newly signed immigration and refugee resettlement executive orders on Christian aid groups like World Relief. Read story.
Listen to a recent VOA interview with Darren Harder, World Relief's South Sudan Country Director. (Interview begins at 7:04)