With the conclusion of the Ninth Summit of the Americas, the Biden administration issued the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection. This declaration includes commitments to protect and respect the safety, dignity, human rights, and fundamental freedoms of all migrants, refugees, asylum seekers, and stateless persons, regardless of migratory status. These commitments center around […]
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World Refugee Day 2022: 100 million Reasons to Act Now
Our Asks In honor of World Refugee Day, we solemnly recognize the record breaking 100 million plus forcibly displaced people around the world today. We urge Congress to do their part in building humanitarian protection for refugees by taking the following steps: Support a Presidential Determination of at least 125,000 new refugees to the United […]
USCRI Calls for Clear Path to Citizenship on DACA 10-year Anniversary
Ten years ago, President Barack Obama established the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which gave certain individuals who came to the United States as children work authorization and protection from deportation. This momentous occasion uplifted immigrant youth hope and allowed them to contribute to their community and live the American Dream without fear […]
USCRI Policy – Addressing Forced Displacement in the Central African Republic (CAR)
On April 28th, the Governments of the Central African Republic (CAR), Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Republic of the Congo, Chad, Sudan, and South Sudan, resolved to deliver durable solutions for the 1.4 million Central Africans forcibly displaced by decades of conflict. In partnership with United Nations Refugee agency (UNHCR), the alliance […]
USCRI Policy Brief: Allies Welcome Phase I & II Analysis – Domestic & International Intermediary Sites
The National Conference Center in Leesburg, VA has the essence of a college campus. In between the three primary buildings, weaving sidewalks converge into multiple open spaces where people can gather to eat, sit, socialize, play frisbee, or watch the squirrels run amuck. While typically used as a corporate convention and training space, the National […]
Fact Sheet – Documentation and Benefit Eligibility for Ukrainians
Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the number of Ukrainians seeking safety in the United States has rapidly risen. This fact sheet outlines the three main legal pathways and their corresponding benefit eligibility, that Ukrainians are utilizing in the United States. These include 1) Temporary Protected Status (TPS); 2) Humanitarian Parole and […]
USCRI Policy Brief – A Spotlight on Family Reunification: the Central American Minors (CAM) Program
The CAM Program was created under the Obama administration in 2014 as a response to a rise in unaccompanied children arriving to the U.S.-Mexico border. As a family reunification tool, the CAM Program allows children who are living in dangerous conditions in Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador to travel to the United States as either […]
USCRI Denounces Continuation of Title 42 after Judge’s Ruling
On Friday, a Louisiana federal district judge ruled to continue the use of Title 42, an obscure provision of public health law that allows border officials to rapidly expel asylum seekers and migrants to Mexico or their home countries without due process. This comes ahead of the Biden administration’s May 23 deadline to end the […]
USCRI Statement on Authorization of Refugee Benefits for Ukrainians
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) welcomes the recent passage by the U.S. Congress of a supplemental spending bill that, among other things, authorizes refugee benefits for Ukrainian parolees. Ukrainians who were paroled into the country between February 24, 2022, and September 30, 2023, will generally be eligible for benefits to the same [...]
Webinar: Former Unaccompanied Children and Their Stories of Resilience
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) and The Children’s Village hosted a virtual panel on April 19, 2022 as part of the Where We Stand: A 20-Year Retrospective of the Unaccompanied Children’s Program in the United States. Moderated by USCRI Vice President AnnaMarie Bena and Policy Analyst Jenny Rodriguez, the panel featured three […]
