USCRI is heartened by the Biden Administration’s willingness to provide safety to some of the nearly 6.5 million Ukrainians and other third-country nationals displaced by the Russian invasion and the swift action it has taken to do so. The Biden Administration released news of a parole program, Uniting for Ukraine, where Ukrainians with familial, community […]
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Mitigating Mental Health Impacts of Climate-Related Migration
As the changing climate continues to become an omnipresent element of life on earth, root causes of human migration will increasingly be attributable to climate-related disaster, climate-related land inhabitability, or climate-related conflict. This inevitability is accompanied by mental health consequences for affected individuals as a result of both forced migration and climate change. Forced migration […]
Chapter 1: The Transfer, a 20-Year Retrospective of the Unaccompanied Children’s Program in the U.S.
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants and The Children’s Village present the first installment of Where We Stand: A 20-Year Retrospective of the Unaccompanied Children’s Program in the United States. The retrospective will review the Unaccompanied Children’s Program from the passage of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 until today, assessing 20 years of […]
USCRI Welcomes Announcement That the U.S. Will Accept 100,000 Ukrainian Refugees
USCRI welcomes the U.S. government announcement that the country will be accepting up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that 3.6 million Ukrainian refugees have already fled the country following the Russian invasion. Over 2.1 million refugees are in Poland. UNICEF, the United Nations children’s agency, has reported […]
USCRI Commends the U.S. for Formally Recognizing Rohingya Genocide
On March 21, 2022, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the formal determination that the Myanmar military committed genocide and crimes against humanity against ethnic Rohingya Muslims. In his speech at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., Blinken acknowledged the nearly one million Rohingya that have been forced to seek refuge in […]
USCRI Welcomes Afghanistan TPS Designation, Urges Congress to Pass an Afghan Adjustment Act
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) welcomes the Biden Administration’s designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghanistan. However, TPS is only a short-term solution, and Afghan evacuees must have a pathway to lawful permanent residency through an Afghan Adjustment Act. “While it is encouraging to see the Administration granting TPS for Afghanistan, […]
The Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) Timeline
USCRI Snapshot: The Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) policy, also referred to as Remain in Mexico, is a program that was originally implemented by the Trump administration in 2019. The program requires asylum seekers to stay in Mexico while their asylum cases are pending in U.S. immigration courts. The policy has had grave effects on the […]
USCRI Applauds Ukraine TPS Designation
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) welcomes the decision made by the administration of President Joe Biden on the 18-month designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ukraine. This decision is expected to benefit around 75,000 Ukrainians in the U.S. TPS for Ukraine will provide work permits and protection from deportation for Ukrainian […]
USCRI Statement on the Situation in Ukraine
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) is following the distressing events unfolding in Ukraine closely. Our hearts are with the people of Ukraine during this difficult situation. The humanitarian implications of the aggressions against the Ukrainian people should be the main priority in the response by the United States and the international community. […]
USCRI Recommends TPS Designation for Cameroon
The Department of Homeland Security and the Department of State are currently considering a designation of Temporary Protected Status for Cameroonians in the U.S. USCRI implores the Biden administration to designate TPS for Cameroon. The ongoing armed conflict in Cameroon’s Anglophone region has killed more than 4,000 and displaced more than 700,000 civilians. “The Administration […]
