Krish O'Mara Vignarajah
@krishvignarajah.bsky.social
Proud mom | President & CEO @globalrefuge.bsky.social | Policy Director in Obama White House | #RefugeesWelcome #ImmigrationReform
Until our policies consistently center the safety and well-being of those most in need of protection, children will continue to pay an unacceptable price.
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Five-year-old boy Liam Ramos and father detained by ICE return to Minnesota
The boy was released on the order of a judge who said his detention was "cruel" and "bereft of human decency”.
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February 3, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Until our policies consistently center the safety and well-being of those most in need of protection, children will continue to pay an unacceptable price.
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Liam’s return is welcome news, but he is far from the only child who’s been held in a detention center in the last year. According to the Marshall Project nearly 4000 kids, including 20 infants, have been locked up.
February 3, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Liam’s return is welcome news, but he is far from the only child who’s been held in a detention center in the last year. According to the Marshall Project nearly 4000 kids, including 20 infants, have been locked up.
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"With the dismantling of lawful pathways and protections, the administration has transformed immigration from a rules-based system into one defined by exclusion, retribution, and unpredictability." - @krishvignarajah.bsky.social
📰 Full statement: bit.ly/3YL4G0C
📰 Full statement: bit.ly/3YL4G0C
Statement: Trump Immigration Agenda Has Dismantled Legal Pathways and Humanitarian Protections | Global Refuge
One year after the Trump administration launched a sweeping effort to transform U.S. immigration policy, Global Refuge warns the United States government has moved methodically to shutter legal pathwa...
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January 20, 2026 at 9:21 PM
"With the dismantling of lawful pathways and protections, the administration has transformed immigration from a rules-based system into one defined by exclusion, retribution, and unpredictability." - @krishvignarajah.bsky.social
📰 Full statement: bit.ly/3YL4G0C
📰 Full statement: bit.ly/3YL4G0C
We stand with Minnesota’s refugee families and with all those who believe that America’s strength lies not in fear, but in fairness, the rule of law, and the dignity of every person seeking safety
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Global Refuge statement on refugee arrests in Minnesota
Global Refuge strongly condemns the Trump administration’s arrest and detention of lawfully resettled refugees in Minnesota.
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January 14, 2026 at 6:20 PM
We stand with Minnesota’s refugee families and with all those who believe that America’s strength lies not in fear, but in fairness, the rule of law, and the dignity of every person seeking safety
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We call on the WH to immediately halt arrests, out-of-state transfers, and detentions of resettled refugees; provide transparency regarding the legal authority and scope of Operation PARRIS; and ensure that no refugee is deprived of liberty without meaningful due process.
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January 14, 2026 at 6:20 PM
We call on the WH to immediately halt arrests, out-of-state transfers, and detentions of resettled refugees; provide transparency regarding the legal authority and scope of Operation PARRIS; and ensure that no refugee is deprived of liberty without meaningful due process.
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If there are concerns about fraud, the answer is precision & due process, not dragnet enforcement that ensnares children and parents.
A government that terrorizes refugee families to score a political point is revealing a profound moral collapse, not a commitment to the law.
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A government that terrorizes refugee families to score a political point is revealing a profound moral collapse, not a commitment to the law.
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January 14, 2026 at 6:20 PM
If there are concerns about fraud, the answer is precision & due process, not dragnet enforcement that ensnares children and parents.
A government that terrorizes refugee families to score a political point is revealing a profound moral collapse, not a commitment to the law.
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A government that terrorizes refugee families to score a political point is revealing a profound moral collapse, not a commitment to the law.
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By reopening already-vetted refugee cases and treating lawful residents as perpetual suspects, the administration is deliberately injecting fear and instability into communities that have already been subjected to extraordinary trauma.
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January 14, 2026 at 6:20 PM
By reopening already-vetted refugee cases and treating lawful residents as perpetual suspects, the administration is deliberately injecting fear and instability into communities that have already been subjected to extraordinary trauma.
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