Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service (LIRS) stands with and advocates for migrants and refugees, transforming communities through ministries of service and justice. We envision that all migrants and refugees are protected, embraced, and empowered in a world of just and welcoming communities.

Since 1939, LIRS has resettled over half a million refugees in the United States. LIRS not only intimately understands our country’s immigration system, but also its shortcomings and the fundamental shifts that are needed to transform how migrants and refugees are welcomed and integrated in American communities.