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Dear Speaker Pelosi, Minority Leader McCarthy, Chairwoman DeLauro, and Ranking Member Granger, The undersigned civil society organizations write to express our grave concern regarding the amendments...

Today, the Supreme Court held in Biden v. Texas that the Government's rescission of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) -- a policy begun by the Trump administration that requires asylum seekers...

On April 28th, the Governments of the Central African Republic (CAR), Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Republic of the Congo, Chad, Sudan, and South Sudan, resolved to deliver...

The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) strongly condemns the plan by the United Kingdom’s government to relocate asylum seekers from the U.K. to Rwanda. The government recently...

Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the number of Ukrainians seeking safety in the United States has rapidly risen. This fact sheet outlines the three main legal pathways and their...

La Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo (USAID) en conjunto con La Organización Internacional para las Migraciones (OIM) y en coordinación con el Comité para Refugiados e Inmigrantes de...

As the changing climate continues to become an omnipresent element of life on earth, root causes of human migration will increasingly be attributable to climate-related disaster, climate-related land...

The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) welcomes the announcement by the Biden Administration on a new designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Cameroon. The TPS designation...

USCRI is heartened by the Biden Administration's willingness to provide safety to some of the nearly 6.5 million Ukrainians and other third-country nationals displaced by the Russian invasion and the...

The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) visited Tijuana on April 13 to better understand and observe the situation for Ukrainians at the border. In the last month, thousands of...

Policy Brief: Strategic Communications for Unaccompanied Children By USCRI April 1, 2022 The past five years have seen numerous communications challenges for unaccompanied children’s providers and...

USCRI welcomes the U.S. government announcement that the country will be accepting up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that 3.6...

The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) welcomes the Biden Administration's designation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghanistan. However, TPS is only a short-term solution,...

The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) is following the distressing events unfolding in Ukraine closely. Our hearts are with the people of Ukraine during this difficult situation. The...

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...

This letter is addressed to UN Secretary-general António Guterres and the Permanent Representatives of UN Security Council member states Your Excellencies, We, the undersigned organizations, write to...

As many Afghans attempt to leave their home country, fearing reprisal from the Taliban, the U.S. is sorting out who to let in. People can apply for visas or refugee status while not in the U.S.,...

Eritrean refugees remaining in Tigray and other parts of northern Ethiopia are in danger. Various state and regional actors in the ongoing conflict in Tigray view these refugees with suspicion or...

Who are Unaccompanied Children? Unaccompanied children (UCs) are minors who arrive in the United States without a parent or legal guardian and who do not hold legal immigration status. Typically,...

A situational update on the Democratic Republic of the Congo after volcanic eruption near Goma Daniel Salazar Eruption and Immediate Aftermath On May 22, 2021, Mount Nyiragongo erupted near the...