The current administration’s decision to not only reinstate, but to broaden Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), also known as the ‘Remain in Mexico’ program, is a repudiation of U.S. immigration law and our country’s commitment to providing safety to individuals fleeing persecution. A Trump-era immigration policy, MPP was responsible for sending nearly 70,000 asylum seekers, primarily […]
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USCRI Statement on DHS’ New Migrant Protection Protocols Termination Memo
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) commends the Biden administration and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas for drafting a new memorandum justifying its decision to end the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP). MPP is a policy that has endangered thousands of asylum seekers by forcing them to stay in dangerous Mexican border towns […]
USCRI’s Statement Celebrating the Presidential Determination
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) applauds President Biden’s issuance of the Presidential Determination that sets a goal to welcome 125,000 refugees in the coming fiscal year. This number represents a drastic increase in admissions from recent years, and the highest admissions goal set since 1993. USCRI commends President Biden for working to […]
USCRI Backgrounder: Case Management for Unaccompanied Children
This USCRI Backgrounder outlines the roles, responsibilities, and challenges of case management within the shelter network for unaccompanied children (UCs) coordinated by the federal Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). Reunification with a family is the primary goal. The primary tasks of case managers are (1) to establish contact with the child’s parent(s) and to identify […]
USCRI Joins Haitian Bridge Alliance & 81 Other Organizations Condemning Haitian Expulsions
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, and Haitian Bridge Alliance, as well as eighty-one other organizations write to condemn the new “Strategy to Address Increase in Migrants in Del Rio” adopted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on September 18, and to request that DHS immediately rescind the strategy in its entirety and […]
USCRI Snapshot on Historical Precedent of Discriminatory U.S. Immigration Policy Toward Haitians
Earlier this year, the Biden administration redesignated Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS), which grants deportation immunity to immigrants already in the United States who are unable to return to their home country due to natural disaster or extreme political upheaval. In a Federal Register notice published on August 3rd, 2021, the Department of Homeland […]
Statement of USCRI on the Current Administration’s Expulsion Flights to Haiti
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) strongly condemns the current administration’s move to expel and push back thousands of Haitian migrants from U.S. borders. Haiti is experiencing extraordinary turmoil and danger, as the administration just recently acknowledged through its grant of Temporary Protected Status for Haitians already residing in the United States. According […]
Statement of USCRI on the Recent Parliamentarian Ruling
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) is dismayed with the Senate Parliamentarian’s decision yesterday that a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, TPS holders, and DREAMers should not be included in the reconciliation bill. The Parliamentarian, who is the non-partisan arbiter of Senate rules, found that the impact of the proposed policy change […]
Statement by USCRI on the Injunction Against Application of Title 42 for Family Units
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) celebrates the ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, granting an injunction against the application of Title 42 to expel family units from the United States without a chance to seek asylum. The court in Huisha-Huisha v. Mayorkas found that Title 42 does […]
Bipartisan Efforts to Assist Afghan Humanitarian Parolees
USCRI commends Congressmen Seth Moulton (D-MA) and Don Bacon (R-NE) for proposing essential, bipartisan legislation that would provide necessary assistance to Afghan refugees arriving under “humanitarian parole” following the fall of the elected Afghan government and the Taliban takeover of the country. The current parole designation for Afghans arriving to safety in the U.S. allows […]
