Refugee Resettlement for Fiscal Year 2026: Refugee Populations At-Risk

The Trump administration should restart resettlement with a strong initiative to bring to safety Afghan, Nicaraguan, Sudanese, South Sudanese, and other at-risk refugees who qualify under the law as refugees.  Refugees often face the threat of further persecution, violence, severe deprivation, or return to persecution while awaiting resettlement.  For example, Afghan refugees left waiting in Pakistan and other places face the escalating danger of forced return to Taliban persecution. Human Rights First supports Refugee Council USA’s recommendation that the U.S. resettle 125,000 refugees during fiscal year 2026, a level of commitment commensurate with the number of refugees conditionally approved by U.S. agencies but left stranded by the administration’s resettlement freeze in 2025.

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