Refugee Services of Texas

The charity, which operates the Texas Office for Refugees, filed a notice March 10 with the Texas Workforce Commission’s Worker Adjustment & Retraining Notification, also known as WARN. The federal government requires employers to give 60 calendar days’ advance notice of a mass layoff to affected employees and government entities.

The U.S. Department of State-run program known as Welcome Corps allows U.S. citizens or permanent residents to sponsor a refugee or refugee family. Texas is one of the states leading the way in the number of application submissions.

Other resettlement agencies in Texas are taking on clients of the now defunct Refugee Services of Texas, but some say that process has been slow-going and confusing.

Refugee Services of Texas, the state’s largest resettlement agency, has closed after 45 years. KERA’s Stella Chavez spoke with Justin Martin about what this means.

Refugee Services of Texas, the state’s largest resettlement agency, is shutting down after 45 years. RST made the announcement on Friday.

The Taliban have seized control of Afghanistan as the U.S. completes its withdrawal. An Afghan immigrant from the Dallas area is worried for her family back home, and nonprofits in Texas are trying to help similar families.

President Trump has cut refugee admissions for fiscal year 2018 by more than half to 45,000 people. This policy shift is already being felt across the…

More than 60 million people have been displaced from their homes because of conflict around the world – officials say that number is unprecedented.SMU…

Under pressure to show the U.S. will join European efforts to resettle Syrian refugees, President Obama has told his administration to take in at least…

One of the biggest challenges for refugees once they relocate is simply making a living.More refugees are sent to Texas than any other state in the U.S.…