As part of the Intercultural Mobility Week held in October 2025, the Welcoming Communities Program at USCRI Mexico, through the Network of Committees for Integration and Welcoming (ReCIBE) at Universidad Panamericana, organized an academic essay contest focused on mobility, inclusion, and intercultural dialogue. Seven teams, comprising nineteen students, participated in the contest, contributing legal and […]
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Updates from the Front Lines: Serving Immigrant Trafficking Survivors in 2026 – Live Recording
To commemorate National Human Trafficking Prevention Month, USCRI, along with the University of South Carolina, Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of International Migration, Asylee Women Enterprise, and Ayuda, held an event on January 21 to discuss the state of service programming for immigrant survivors of human trafficking in 2026. A recently released preliminary report presents findings on how the […]
Introducing “From the Archives”
For more than a century, the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants has advocated for the rights and dignity of refugees, reporting regularly on harms committed against people on the move. For our 115th anniversary, we are turning to our archives, republishing historical material and pairing them with present-day reflections on how the lessons of the past still resonate today. Our archives reveal that the past […]
Holocaust Remembrance Day – Remember Today’s Refugees
By Alexia Gardner, Policy Analyst, and Anum Merchant, Policy Intern In May of 1939, a boat of German Jews aboard the St. Louis pleaded for asylum in the United States. They were denied entry and returned to Europe. 254 of the passengers were later killed in the Holocaust. Rosa Seligmann was murdered at Auschwitz. Martha Scheyer was killed at Sobibor. […]
The Invisible Work That Saves Lives: Honoring Survivors Through Care, Advocacy, and Trust
By Veronica Farkas, TVAP/Aspire Case Manager My job as a Case Manager is a combination of advocacy, crisis response, and long-term support, as well as relationship building for those who have experienced severe trauma. I help survivors achieve safety, stability, and independence by connecting them to long-term housing, legal services, education, employment, and medical services. It’s rewarding to be able to […]
Press Release: As Humanitarian Response Collapses, USCRI Kenya Expands Keep Girls Dreaming Program
Kakuma, Kenya — This week, the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) held introductory meetings for the Keep Girls Dreaming program expansion in Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya. The USCRI Kenya team engaged with the Government of Kenya, non-governmental organizations, and refugee community members to elaborate on the expansion of the Keep Girls Dreaming menstrual justice program to include additional services to unaccompanied refugee girls in the camp, including food assistance, school supplies, and child protection. The program’s expansion comes at a time when basic services are not […]
Defending the Right to Work: Why USCRI Called on DHS to Withdraw a Harmful Rule
In November 2025, USCRI submitted a comment to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to withdraw an interim final rule (IFR) that diminishes the right to work for many immigrants, including those who are in the United States with or seeking humanitarian based protections. Below, we explain why we raised these concerns to the U.S. Government and what is at stake. In order to work legally […]
Through My Eyes: Early Reflection on Empowering Adolescent Girls in the Face of Fragility
by Sylvia Maru, Program Manager, Keep Girls Dreaming Stepping into Kakuma Refugee Camp for the first time is an experience that stays with you. The heat, the dust, the hustle and bustle, the resilience stamped into every face, and especially the young ones. I have just begun my journey with Keep Girls Dreaming here, [...]
Refugee Organizations Urge the Department of Transportation to Give Immigrants Their Commercial Driver’s Licenses Back
Arlington, VA — [December 19, 2025] — A recent rule issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) prohibits refugees, asylees, and humanitarian parolees from obtaining a Commercial Driver’s License (CDL). The decision, currently temporarily held by an order from the D.C. Court of Appeals, would exclude them from the trucking industry and threaten the livelihoods of nearly 200,000 immigrants with valid work authorizations. In comments submitted to the Federal Register, leading […]
Situation Update: Sudan December 2025
Why Are We Asking You to Keep Eyes on Sudan? The people of Sudan are suffering a crisis escalating at a pace the world is barely registering, even as it becomes one of the largest humanitarian catastrophes of our time. Over two years into the war, millions are displaced, famine is spreading, and civilians […]
