2020年11月5日 · The legal basis for humanitarian admissions of refugees and asylum seekers to the United States began with the Refugee Act of 1980, which defined a refugee, established the Reception and Placement (R&P) program for initial resettlement under the U.S. Department of State, and created the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) under the Department ...

2025年1月20日 · Purpose and Statement of Policy On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump signed an executive order (EO), Realigning the United States Refugee Program, suspending the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) as of January 27, 2025, at 12:01 am. The EO conflates the influx of asylum seekers and other migration flows with refugee resettlement and is

2024年12月20日 · Introduction This paper looks at the increase in U.S. refugee resettlement from Latin America and the Caribbean following the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the beginning of the U.S. Refugee Program in 1980, the regional distribution of refugees has fluctuated, as illustrated in Figure 1. The U.S. Presidential Determination historically establishes an overall refugee …

2019年4月1日 · The United States adopted the 1967 Protocol on November 1, 1968, and after the Vietnam War, developed its own law, the Refugee Act of 1980, that included these documents’ refugee definition. There are 43 UN members that have not adopted the international laws, some of which host large refugee populations, such as Libya, Saudi Arabia, and India.

2021年11月15日 · Introduction On September 20, President Biden submitted a report to Congress documenting his intention to raise the annual refugee resettlement ceiling to 125,000 refugees for fiscal year (FY) 2022. As a candidate, Biden had pledged to raise the resettlement ceiling to 125,000 and to reverse a trend of historic resettlement lows set by the Trump

2019年1月10日 · In contrast, a refugee is a person who applies for protection from outside of the U.S. Who is an unaccompanied alien child (UAC)? A minor immigrant child who arrived in the U.S. or at a port of entry without a parent or guardian. UACs are children below the age of 18, who enter the U.S. without their parents or legal guardians. Those who arrive ...

2023年7月28日 · Ongoing evacuation and protection efforts continue, but they have been hindered by backlogged SIV and refugee programs and by a lack of coordination among various agencies involved. With the two year parole term slated to expire for many Afghan evacuees in 2023, the Biden administration recently authorized re-parole for Afghan evacuees on a ...

In contrast, a refugee is a person who applies for protection from outside of the U.S. Who is an unaccompanied alien child (UAC)? A minor child seeking asylum in the U.S. after arriving at a port of entry without a parent or guardian. UACs are children below the age of 18, who enter the U.S. without their parents or legal guardians.

2024年10月4日 · “Refugee resettlement is an extremely well-vetted, legal pathway that takes pressure off our borders. The United States must continue to welcome people fleeing persecution. “Although the total falls short of the 125,000 cap because of lingering operational and capacity challenges, it demonstrates continued progress in rebuilding the refugee ...

2022年4月28日 · Along with the recent Afghan crisis, the Ukrainian situation has highlighted the inefficient nature of both our refugee and immigration systems to rapidly respond to humanitarian emergencies. U4U is an important step to overcome these inefficiencies and rapidly help displaced Ukrainians find protection in the U.S.