Issue 3 / Published September 18, 2026 IN THIS ISSUE: European Union Moves Closer to Offshore Return Hubs Federal Court Pauses the Public Charge Visa Ban OTHER NEWS: On August 21, 2026, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services began to require that applicants establish exceptional circumstances to reschedule an asylum interview, such as battery or [...]
Issue 2 / Published August 21, 2026 IN THIS ISSUE: Expanded Expedited Removal The Laws Behind Ceuta New Lawsuit Against Asylum Referrals OTHER NEWS: Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status, will be revised on September 18, 2026 to conform with a new final rule that would result in more public charge-based [...]
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 […]
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 [...]
By: Carlos García Dorantes, USCRI Latinamerica and the Caribbean officer. In 2025, returns across Central America became increasingly visible as migration pathways narrowed and deportations from the United States continued to affect thousands of families across the region. In El Salvador, the number of deportees from the United States increased by 90.2% in the first [...]