Our work to welcome refugees is under direct threat.

The combination of the stop-work-order and executive order has cut off critical funding overnight, leaving 130 families who have already arrived in Tucson and Phoenix in immediate jeopardy. The executive order to stop our work is more than a policy shift, it is a crisis for the most vulnerable among us.

There are currently 388 refugees within their first 90 days of arrival, who have been left behind. These are families who have fled war, persecution, and unimaginable hardship, only to now face uncertainty in the very place they hoped to find refuge.

Our proud Lutheran heritage of welcome traces back to the end of WWII, helping displaced Lutheran refugees. Refugees are our doctors and nurses and chefs. They are musicians and poets, our overnight construction workers, local shop owners – our neighbors and friends. They are WHAT makes America great, not what is wrong with it.

We refuse to stand by while this decision puts lives in limbo. We will continue to fight for our mission of welcome, but we need you with us.

Will you stand with refugees today?