Proposed Cuts In House Could Prove Disastrous To U.S. Refugee Program

This is another needy group that will lose funding with the cuts the House made to the budget. - - Donna Poisl

posted on HIAS.org

(New York, NY) – Cuts contained in the Continuing Resolution (CR) passed by the House of Representatives at the end of last week would bring the U.S. refugee program to the brink of disaster, if enacted.

The House of Representatives slashed the Migration and Refugee Assistance (MRA) account, which provides basic, life-saving assistance to refugees and internally displaced persons, by 45 percent from current funding levels. If this level of funding is enacted by Congress when the Senate returns from the President’s Day recess, the State Department essentially would have no additional funding to continue to protect and resettle refugees for the remainder of fiscal year 2011, which ends on September 30th.
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