Summer Intern – U.S. Immigration Policy and Community Engagement

Refugees International

Intern supporting U.S. immigration policy research and community documentation at Refugees International.

Posted 5/17/2026internshipWashington • District of Columbia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesEntry Level💰 $5,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Supporting RI’s documentation and research related to federal immigration actions, and their impacts on immigrant communities and the organizations that serve and support them
In collaboration with community partners, completing a resource and community mapping of organizations, advocates, service providers, grassroots groups, impacted communities, and other stakeholders connected to immigration response work
Providing administrative support for active work streams, including tracking tasks, organizing materials, maintaining shared documents, supporting follow-up, and helping coordinate ongoing project needs
Supporting outreach and engagement efforts designed to expand participation by volunteers, community partners, advocates, and people with relevant lived or professional experience
Assisting with event and meeting organization, including scheduling, preparing agendas and materials, coordinating logistics, taking detailed notes, and summarizing key discussions and action items
Conducting a literature review on ethical storytelling, oral history methods, trauma-informed documentation, and data stewardship
Helping identify best practices for creating safe and community-centered spaces to preserve stories, data, written accounts, and other materials related to immigration policy and protection challenges
Drafting short memos, summaries, background materials, outreach language, and other written products as needed
Supporting other tasks as assigned.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Be enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student, or have graduated within the past year
Be seeking the internship as part of an educational experience related to the program in which you are enrolled
Have a strong interest in the U.S. immigration policy, refugee protection, community documentation, storytelling, human rights, and humanitarian affairs
Have familiarity with immigration enforcement, community-based advocacy, or archival/storytelling work
Have strong research, writing, organizational, communication, and administrative skills
Be interested in ethical documentation practices, including oral histories, digital evidence, written accounts, quantitative data, and community-centered approaches to preserving lived experience
Be based within the United States
Lived experience is welcomed but not required
Work at least 250 hours, as guided by RI staff or partners
Begin in late May 2026 and end no later than late August 2026

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Social Impact Refugees International is a non-profit organization committed to advocating for lifesaving assistance, human rights, and protection for displaced people. The organization works globally to promote solutions to displacement crises, focusing on issues like climate displacement, internal displacement, and pathways to safety for refugees, particularly women and girls. Refugees International operates in regions affected by displacement, including Africa, the Americas, Asia & the Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East & North Africa. It engages in advocacy to influence policy and support refugee rights globally, aiming to create a more welcoming world for people seeking refuge. Summer Intern – U.S. Immigration Policy and Community Engagement 🔥 2 hours ago 🏢🏡 Washington – Hybrid 💵 $5k / year 👨‍🎓 Internship ⚪️ Entry-level 👫 Community Manager Apply Now Find Hiring Managers Customize resume + cover letter Report problem ☆ Save ☑️ Mark as applied ❌ Hide 📋 Description
Supporting RI’s documentation and research related to federal immigration actions, and their impacts on immigrant communities and the organizations that serve and support them
In collaboration with community partners, completing a resource and community mapping of organizations, advocates, service providers, grassroots groups, impacted communities, and other stakeholders connected to immigration response work
Providing administrative support for active work streams, including tracking tasks, organizing materials, maintaining shared documents, supporting follow-up, and helping coordinate ongoing project needs
Supporting outreach and engagement efforts designed to expand participation by volunteers, community partners, advocates, and people with relevant lived or professional experience
Assisting with event and meeting organization, including scheduling, preparing agendas and materials, coordinating logistics, taking detailed notes, and summarizing key discussions and action items
Conducting a literature review on ethical storytelling, oral history methods, trauma-informed documentation, and data stewardship
Helping identify best practices for creating safe and community-centered spaces to preserve stories, data, written accounts, and other materials related to immigration policy and protection challenges
Drafting short memos, summaries, background materials, outreach language, and other written products as needed
Supporting other tasks as assigned. 🎯 Requirements
Be enrolled as an undergraduate or graduate student, or have graduated within the past year
Be seeking the internship as part of an educational experience related to the program in which you are enrolled
Have a strong interest in the U.S. immigration policy, refugee protection, community documentation, storytelling, human rights, and humanitarian affairs
Have familiarity with immigration enforcement, community-based advocacy, or archival/storytelling work
Have strong research, writing, organizational, communication, and administrative skills
Be interested in ethical documentation practices, including oral histories, digital evidence, written accounts, quantitative data, and community-centered approaches to preserving lived experience
Be based within the United States
Lived experience is welcomed but not required
Work at least 250 hours, as guided by RI staff or partners
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Hard Skills & Tools

researchwritingadministrative supportcommunity mappingliterature reviewdata stewardshipethical documentationoral history methodsquantitative datastorytelling

Soft Skills

organizational skillscommunication skillscollaborationoutreachevent organizationattention to detailtask trackingcoordinationsummarizationvolunteer engagement