
USCRI Releases Report on Private...
The United States has launched a pilot program for private sponsorship of refugees, a significant development in how the country...
READ FULL STORYThe Lautenberg Amendment allows citizens in former Soviet Union countries, including Ukraine, who are members of a religious minority group to join their family members living in the United States. These religious groups include Jews, Evangelical Christians, Ukrainian Catholics, and members of the Ukrainian Autocephalous Orthodox Church and Greek Orthodox Church.
The program created under the Lautenberg amendment operates through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP). Unless reauthorized by Congress, it expires each fiscal year on September 30.
The Specter Amendment in 2004 opened up Lautenberg program eligibility for certain members of religious minority groups in Iran, including Jews, Christians, Baha’is, Sabaean-Mandaeans and Zoroastrians.
Click here to read the full fact sheet by USCRI.
The United States has launched a pilot program for private sponsorship of refugees, a significant development in how the country...
READ FULL STORYFor Human Trafficking Prevention Month, USCRI Policy Analyst Aaron Nodjomian-Escajeda sat down to speak with Md. Tanvir Sharif, Assistant Director...
READ FULL STORYThe U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) and The Children's Village present chapter four, part one, of Where We...
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