Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, was created by President Obama in 2012 to allow certain people brought into the country without documentation as children to stay on a temporary basis. These people are often referred to as “Dreamers.” As of March 2021, there were more than 600,000 active DACA beneficiaries in the United […]
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More Ways to Give – U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
There are many ways to give to USCRI Des Moines. Learn more below! Gifts of Grain A gift of grain is simple to give and comes with significant tax savings. USCRI is partnering with the Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines to help supporters take advantage of this unique charitable giving opportunity. Download the donation […]
Home At Last! (U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants – USCRI)
Home at last! With a lot of persistence and a little luck, the USCRI North Carolina Neighbor Relief case manager helps immigrant family to end COVID-related homelessness. For immigrant families like the Jimenez family, the COVID pandemic brought with it a multitude of challenges. A few months after the pandemic started in 2020, Jose Jimenez […]
USCRI Policy Snapshot: Arriving Unaccompanied Children
Unaccompanied children (UCs) are minors who arrive in the United States without a parent or legal guardian and who do not hold legal immigration status. Typically, arriving UCs are placed into a network of shelters that are run by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). Shelter care providers offer temporary homes and services, including educational, […]
Title 42: What It Is and How You Can Help End It
“Title 42” refers to an obscure provision of U.S. law that was originally enacted in 1944 to allow the government to quarantine people entering the country if necessary “to prevent the introduction, transmission, or spread of communicable diseases.” At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Trump administration officials required the Centers for Disease Control and […]
Safety and Fairness for Afghans under the Special Immigrant Visa Program
On June 4, both Republican and Democratic lawmakers and a group of over 70 NGOs, including the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), sent letters to President Biden urging him to protect U.S.- affiliated Afghans in the wake of U.S. troop withdrawal. Currently, around 18,000 Afghan nationals who have provided service to the U.S. […]
As A Former Refugee, I am Part of America’s Story
By Eskinder Negash As a former refugee, World Refugee Day has a special significance for me. Over forty years ago, I left behind everything I knew to begin my life in a country that opened its doors to people like me. Like many African refugees, I was forced out of my country to reimagine my […]
USCRI Policy Snapshot – Displacement In The Climate Change Era
On May 22, 2021, Mount Nyiragongo erupted near the densely populated city of Goma, the capital of the North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Lava flows advanced toward neighborhoods north of the city’s airport. Shortly after the volcanic eruption, officials were concerned about displacement to and from Sake, an area […]
Part 5 of USCRI’s Series: In Search of Safety
“The decision to migrate is not an easy one and we provide access to the resources to help them reintegrate back into their communities- Connecting them with mental health services, medical care, facilitating and being that support they need.” Gabriela Mena, Program Operation Manager, USCRI. On the final installment of USCRI’s “In Search of Safety” […]
Accediendo al Derecho Educativo
Jennifer tenía 9 años cuando migró junto a su familia hacia Belice de El Salvador, huyendo de una situación de violencia de su lugar de origen. En dicho país, estudio parte de su educación básica y aprendió a hablar el idioma inglés, siempre destacó por sus buenas notas. Sin embargo, Jennifer y su familia no […]
