Millions of Afghan refugees in Pakistan are at risk under a Pakistan government decree for Afghan nationals to repatriate to Afghanistan. Vulnerable Afghans face an unthinkable choice— stay in Pakistan with dwindling opportunities in an increasingly hostile environment, or return to Afghanistan, where they face persecution and other harm under the Taliban’s repressive rule. This […]
Category: Afghan Allies
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 for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The extension will continue protections for at least 3,100 Afghan beneficiaries of the current TPS designation in the United States. The redesignation will offer the protections of TPS— including protection […]
After Our Allies Were Welcomed: Chronicling the Afghan Resettlement Response Since 2021
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) released its comprehensive report following the two-year anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. The report titled “After Our Allies Were Welcomed: Chronicling the Afghan Resettlement Response Since 2021” analyzes the successes and challenges of Afghan resettlement and integration in the two years since the beginning of […]
Country Conditions in Afghanistan Warrant TPS Redesignation, Extension
Two years ago this week, the U.S. government began Operation Allies Welcome (OAW) to resettle tens of thousands of Afghans across the United States. It also ended the non-combatant evacuation operation to airlift at-risk Afghans from Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. Country conditions in Afghanistan have deteriorated in the intervening two years of […]
Policy Brief: At Home and Abroad, Afghans Need Protections Two Years After Taliban Takeover
To mark the two-year anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, policy analyst Daniel Salazar summarizes the successes and failures in U.S. policies to protect at-risk Afghans, including U.S. refugee admissions, special immigrant visas, the Afghan Adjustment Act proposed in Congress, asylum, re-parole, Temporary Protected Status, and Special Student Relief. Click here to read the full Policy […]
USCRI Webinar: Afghan Policy Update
On August 3, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) Policy and Legal staff discussed the latest legislative and executive efforts to extend legal protections to Afghan parolees, who arrived in the United States nearly two years ago amid the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The panelists discussed the most recent developments on the Afghan Adjustment […]
Afghan Parolees to Keep Access to Key Resettlement Benefits
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) applauds the federal government’s decision to allow thousands of Afghans in the United States to retain access to critical resettlement benefits and services. On August 1, the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) announced that eligible Afghan parolees who have filed for re-parole, asylum, or an adjustment of […]
Re-Introduction of Afghan Adjustment Act Provides Chance to Fulfill Promise to Afghan Allies
The Afghan Adjustment Act (AAA) has been re-introduced in both chambers of the 118th Congress. The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) believes this piece of legislation would meet urgent needs across the country for those who were evacuated from Afghanistan beginning nearly two years ago. “We are grateful the Afghan Adjustment Act has […]
USCRI Statement on Launch of New Re-parole Process for Afghans
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) commends the U.S. government for launching the re-parole application process for Afghan humanitarian parolees. “We are relieved that the U.S. government has opened re-parole to Afghans,” USCRI President and CEO Eskinder Negash said. “USCRI, Immigration Legal Services for Afghan Arrivals (ILSAA), and our partners stand ready to […]
USCRI Statement on Re-parole Process for Afghans Beginning in June
On May 5, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it would establish a process to re-parole eligible Afghan nationals in the United States. Beginning in June, Afghans who arrived in the United States through humanitarian parole during Operation Allies Welcome (OAW) can request re-parole through online and paper filings. DHS said re-parole requests would […]
