Religious Freedom Panel Faults State Department for Missing Annual Report on Violations
The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom also called for increasing refugee admissions to the United States.
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Lawmakers Urge White House to Restore Visas for International Adoptions
‘Adoption visas are not guaranteed’ amid a travel freeze, said lawmakers who have asked the State Department to restore a ‘categorical exemption for adoption visas.’
State Department Set to Roll Out Religious-Worker Visa Plan Next Month
Visas for religious workers allow foreign nationals to work for a U.S. religious organization, through the temporary R-1 visa or a Green Card EB-4 visa, which requires at least two years of membership in the same denomination and a job offer from a qualifying nonprofit religious group.
Rubio: Draft Order to Axe State Department Religious-Freedom Office Is ‘Fake’
According to the State Department communications office, the document in question was a fabrication, not an actual draft executive order.
US State Department ‘Monitoring’ UK Government Arrest of Pro-Life Advocate
Livia Tossici-Bolt said she is ‘grateful’ the State Department is interested in her case.
Watchdog Calls Nicaragua’s Religious Freedom Record ‘Abysmal,’ Says Lenders Enable Dictatorship
The commission’s report found that authorities had threatened and intimidated Catholic Nicaraguans.
State Department Lifts Funding Suspension for 2 Jesuit Refugee Service Programs
The organization was recognized officially by the Vatican in March 2000.
Rubio Says State Department Will Exempt Select USAID Programs From Freeze
The secretary of state said the State Department has reached out to USAID officials to help determine these exemptions.
US Government: Pandemic Increased Number of People Vulnerable to Human Trafficking
The COVID-19 pandemic increased the number of people vulnerable to becoming victims of human trafficking, a report released Thursday by the U.S. Department of State found.
Mary Ann Glendon Is Inspired by the ‘Call to Service’
The former ambassador to the Holy See outlines her new role working for her former research assistant, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, as the chairwoman of the Commission on Unalienable Rights.
