Public Policy Advocacy
 CWS/IRP works to pass legislation that
protects refugees and asylum seekers - people fleeing persecution.
Of particular concern: unaccompanied refugee children in
the United States.
Photo: CWS/Bill Sage
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CWS/IRP Washington Office
110 Maryland Avenue, NE,
Room 108
Washington, DC 20002
202-544-2350
Take action on policy
decisions affecting immigration and refugees.
The Washington, D.C.-based CWS/IRP Advocacy Program seeks to protect uprooted people by:
- monitoring public policies and practices toward refugees and internally displaced persons worldwide and toward immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, asylees, and other migrants in the United States;
- representing CWS/IRP's public policy positions to members of Congress and their staff, and participating in the development of policies and practices that protect uprooted populations;
- reporting on policy issues affecting uprooted people to CWS/IRP program staff, member communions, and ecumenical and secular agency colleagues; and
- working in collaboration with a number of advocacy partners in refugee resettlement and protection organizations to build a hospitable community in the United States for immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants.