by Eskinder Negash The solemn pageantry of America’s presidential inaugurations celebrates our long history of democratic transitions following elections. Despite
READ FULL STORYOverview At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an order to limit entry at the U.S. southern border. The CDC invoked a comprehensive qua
READ FULL STORYSince the outset of the pandemic, care providers have worked diligently to maintain the health and safety of the unaccompanied children (UCs) in their care. COVID-19 hit congregate-care facilities esp
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Message from USCRI President and CEO Eskinder Negash This year’s celebration of World Refugee Day on June 20th takes place during a global health pandemic and civil unrest in many par
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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has declared June, “Immigration Heritage Month.” By taking time out from managing a public health crisis, Governor Whitmer is making a powerful statement about t
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Arlington, Va—The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) expresses its grave concern about the decision made by Acting Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) Chad F. Wolf to defy the Supre
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By Eskinder Negash Chag Pesach Sameach. For all faiths, holidays are a constant reminder of our past history and traditions. This Passover season is another reminder of the spiritual link of the
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A recent New York Times article tells the story of just one of the hundreds of unaccompanied migrant childr
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As a society, we often believe that trafficking only takes place in sordid hotel rooms or the backend of a massage parlor. While this can be true, the broader truth is that human trafficking largely h
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by AnnaMarie Bena, Esq. Most Americans learned about unaccompanied immigrant children during the summer of 2018 when the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began separating immigrant childr
READ FULL STORY Almost twenty years ago, Congress passed the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), a trifecta of measures intended to address the rise in human trafficking—prevention, protection and prosecutio
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