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There’s been a nearly 90% reduction in the number of Christian refugees being resettled to the United States from countries where the Church faces the greatest persecution since 2015, according to two leading evangelical humanitarian organizations. 

Joe Tripodi, a former Labor minister and owner of Crazy for Candy in Burwood, has been charged over his connection to a doctored cabinet document.

Joe Tripodi, a former Labor minister and owner of Crazy for Candy in Burwood, has been charged over his connection to a doctored cabinet document.

(RNS) — World Relief heads Scott Arbeiter and Tim Breene are stepping down after a combined 30 years serving the evangelical Christian organization. The two saw World Relief — one of nine agencies contracted by the government to resettle refugees in the United States — through a tumultuous period in the country’s refugee resettlement program.  The announcement of their departures — planned for August 2021 — comes at a time they said feels right for younger, more diverse leadership ...

SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images President Joe Biden said the US should accept as many as 125,000 refugees per year. Under his predecessor, admissions were capped at just 15,000. In 1980, the US accepted more than 200,000 refugees. Declaring his intent to restore the United States "moral leadership," President Joe Biden announced that he is raising the cap on the number of refugees the country to as many as 125,000 for the fiscal year that begins this fall. According...

Under President Donald Trump, refugee admissions had been capped at a historic low of just 15,000.

Proposed legislation would give 11 million a path to citizenship and prioritize keeping families together. Bekah McNeel| Image: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Evangelical advocates for immigrants and refugees were encouraged by President Joe Biden’s decision to send proposed reforms to Congress on his first day in office. Just hours after he was sworn in, Biden unveiled the US Citizenship Act of 2021. “I see it as a positive sign,” said Matthew Soerens, national coordinator of...