Today, USCRI is proud to launch Their Future, Their Voice: Centering Displaced Children in Global Protection and Policy, a new report elevating the perspectives, experiences, and leadership of children and young people living through displacement. READ THE REPORT At a time when displacement remains at historic levels and pathways to safety are shrinking, children continue […]
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From the Archives: Refugee Warehousing
As World Refugee Day approaches, we’re returning to work that has never stopped being relevant. More than two decades ago, USCRI launched a global campaign to end refugee warehousing—the prolonged denial of refugees’ rights through restrictions on movement, employment, and self-reliance, often in camps or other segregated settings. Warehousing leaves millions of displaced people trapped in conditions […]
A Century of Service, A Call to Action: USCRI Network Convenes in Arlington
Last week, USCRI convened some of the nation’s oldest refugee and immigrant service agencies in Arlington, Virginia. Drawing on more than a century of collective experience, we reaffirmed our shared mission: to protect, support, and stand with refugees and immigrants around the world. The USCRI network was born in response to one of the largest [...]
Challenging Asylum, Green Card, and Citizenship Processing Holds: A USCRI Q&A with Milagro Sique, CEO of Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island
Written and edited by: Rachel Ryu, Staff Attorney, USCRI Humanitarian Legal Services Dorcas International Institute of Rhode Island, a regional partner of USCRI, strives to create a welcoming environment for all, working to position the most vulnerable among us for more than 100 years. A non-profit 501(c)(3), Dorcas International offers adult education, language learning, job training, citizenship and […]
Running for Refugees in Vermont
USCRI was a significant presence this Memorial Day Weekend at Vermont’s largest single-day sporting event -the M&T Bank Vermont City Marathon & Relay. On Sunday, May 24, USCRI Vermont fielded two teams, each made up of five runners from our full-time staff and volunteer network. Running under the banner “Running for Refugees,” the 2026 marathon […]
Press Release: On World Menstrual Hygiene Day, USCRI Kenya Begins Distributing 3,000 Dignity Kits in Kakuma Refugee Camp
NAIROBI, KENYA – Last week, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) Kenya began distributing 3,000 dignity kits to girls in Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya through its Keep Girls Dreaming initiative. This distribution came on World Menstrual Hygiene Day, a global advocacy day that underscores the importance of good menstrual hygiene and highlights efforts for menstrual hygiene access. “For many girls, something as simple as access to sanitary pads […]
Introducing Dream Keepers: Monthly Support for Unaccompanied Refugee Girls
Kakuma Refugee Camp in northwestern Kenya is home to over 300,000 refugees. For the unaccompanied girls living there, daily life means navigating hunger, exploitation, and the near-constant threat of child marriage and violence. Drastic cuts to humanitarian funding have stripped away basic services, leaving some of the most vulnerable children without food, school supplies, or menstrual hygiene products. USCRI Kenya's Keep [...]
USCRI Latin America and the Caribbean launches new call to expand higher education pathways for refugees to study in Mexico
On May 1, USCRI Latin America and the Caribbean, together with the Shapiro Foundation, launched a new call for Habesha Project applications, reaffirming a shared commitment to support refugees as they rebuild their lives through higher education. At a time when opportunities for refugees and asylum seekers are shrinking globally, access to education remains one of the strongest pathways to long-term stability, […]
Meet the Congresswoman Behind U.S. Refugee Law
As Chair of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law, Congresswoman Elizabeth Holtzman steered the 1980 Refugee Act through the House of Representatives, partnering with Senator Ted Kennedy to drive the bill to final passage. The landmark legislation fundamentally reshaped American immigration law, allowing the United States to welcome more than three […]
Statement – USCRI Calls on DHS to Withdraw Proposed Rule that Could Pause Asylum Seekers’ Work Permit Applications Up to 173 Years
On April 24, the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) filed a formal comment with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) strongly opposing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would dramatically restrict asylum seekers’ access to employment authorization documents (EADs), the work permits that allow them to legally support themselves and their families. The proposed rule, […]
