File #: File ID 19431    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Addendum Status: Addendum Ready
File created: 10/16/2025 In control: Board of Supervisors
On agenda: 10/21/2025 Final action: 10/21/2025
Title: The Effects of H.R.1 ("One Big Beautiful Bill Act") on Refugee Communities in Pima County Discussion/Direction/Action: Inviting Aaron Rippenkroeger, Melanie Reyes, and Meheria Habibi, International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Arizona, and Connie Phillips and Amelia Smith of Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest, to present to the Board of Supervisors about the effects of the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act," H.R.1, on refugee communities resettled here in Pima County and Arizona - including the imminent loss of supplemental nutrition benefits (SNAP) for which refugee communities have historically always been eligible. Historically speaking, supporting refugee resettlement in the United States has always been a bipartisan issue. (District 2)
Attachments: 1. BOS_EffectsofHR1onRefugeeCommunities_Dist2Submittal, 2. BOS_EffectsofHR1onRefugeeCommunities_Slides_10-21-25

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The Effects of H.R.1 (“One Big Beautiful Bill Act”) on Refugee Communities in Pima County

Discussion/Direction/Action: Inviting Aaron Rippenkroeger, Melanie Reyes, and Meheria Habibi, International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Arizona, and Connie Phillips and Amelia Smith of Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest, to present to the Board of Supervisors about the effects of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” H.R.1, on refugee communities resettled here in Pima County and Arizona - including the imminent loss of supplemental nutrition benefits (SNAP) for which refugee communities have historically always been eligible. Historically speaking, supporting refugee resettlement in the United States has always been a bipartisan issue. (District 2)