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Door opening to American flag WELCOME TO USCRI For over 110 years, USCRI has been on the front lines of working on behalf of refugees and immigrants worldwide. Our goal is to help create a world of possibilities for displaced people—where displacement may have defined their past but their future is reimagined with unlimited possibilities. We believe in open doors for refugees, asylees and other immigrants. HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE Conditions Worsen in Haiti the United States Must End Haitian Forced Removals READ MORE USCRI Policy Brief: Her Dreams to Achieve: Ensuring
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Refugee Program Rebuild Must Continue, USCRI Urges After Biden Sets Admissions Ceiling

On September 29, President Biden set the refugee admissions ceiling at 125,000 for the coming fiscal year. Forced displacement from...

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Policy Brief: Her Dreams to Achieve: Ensuring Protection and Education for Refugee Girls

In August and September 2023, USCRI Policy Analyst Victoria Walker travelled to Kenya to visit both Dadaab and Kakuma refugee...

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TPS Afghanistan Decision Expands Critical Temporary Protections for Afghans

The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) welcomes today’s decision by the Biden administration to extend and redesignate Afghanistan...

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What We Do

Legal Services

Immigration law is complex. USCRI provides low-cost legal representation to refugees and immigrants to help them navigate the immigration system Our team of attorneys located in 14 field offices across the U.S. represent clients in immigration court to obtain green cards, citizenship, special visas and other critical legal services.

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Policy & Advocacy

At USCRI, our policy and advocacy are data driven and evidence based. Our approach is focused on influencing decisions about policies—both domestic and global—that affect the lives of refugees and immigrants both here at home and worldwide. Although our primary audience is decision-makers, we are committed to a broad-based advocacy approach that partners with other civil society organizations and public influencers. Our focus is on five thematic areas: refugee resettlement and warehousing; child migration; environmental migrants; asylum rights; and trafficking in persons. SEE OUR WORK

Immigrant Children

An unaccompanied migrant child is someone who is: under the age of 18 years old; has no legal status, and; has no parent or legal guardian in the United States or the parent or legal guardian is unavailable to provide physical custody or care. USCRI’s shelter for unaccompanied migrant girls, Rinconcito del Sol, called a “model government-funded shelter,” provides care for unaccompanied minor girls between the ages of 13-17 until we can find their parents and reunite them. Our Post-Release Services provides critical follow-up care to migrant children united with their families or their sponsors to assist them on their adjustment to their new lives.

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Refugee Resettlement

USCRI has resettled over 350,000 refugees from around the world in communities across the U.S. USCRI provides a package of short-term assistance that helps newly settled individuals and families begin their new lives and become connected to their communities. Volunteers are the mainstay of this support--helping their new neighbors enroll their children in school, get driver's licences, access social services and health care, as well as acculturate themselves to their new communities. It is a shared experience of building bridges and promoting America's aspiration of inclusiveness that has defined us since our founding.

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Trafficking

USCRI administers the Trafficking Victim Assistance Program (TVAP) for the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office on Trafficking in Persons (OTIP), contracting with a network of over 200 providers across the U.S. and U.S. territories who provide direct services to survivors of trafficking. USCRI improves the work of direct service providers through training and technical assistance programs including, Project TRUST, a collaborative endeavor led by USCRI, and funded under the Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) within the US Department of Justice.

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Allied Agency: Organizations that share USCRI values

Partner Agency: Organizations that work directly with USCRI

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Operation Allies Welcome Health coverage

Refugee Medical Administration in: Kansas, Maine, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas

Refugee Medical Screening in: Missouri, Texas

Refugee Health Promotion: Missouri, Texas

Operation Allies Welcome Healthcare coverage: VA- Ft. Lee, Quantico, Ft. Pickett, NJ-Fort Dix, IN-Camp Atterbury, WI- Fort McCoy, NM- AFB Holloman, TX-Fort Bliss

Our Mission & History

Our mission is to protect the rights and address the needs of persons in forced or voluntary migration worldwide and support their transition to a dignified life.

our history
1911

Our story began in New York in 1911 when 15 million people, mainly from Europe, immigrated to the U.S. seeking freedom and opportunity.

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Today

Today USCRI serves people from around the world who have immigrated to the U.S. seeking those same American values—freedom and opportunity.

A Look at 100 Years of USCRI History