A Guide to Private Sponsorship for Refugees The idea of using private sponsorship for welcoming refugees and others fleeing violence is not new Countries around the world, including Canada and Australia, currently use variations of private sponsorship to supplement their resettlement programs The U S itself employed a private sponsorship program for refugees called the Private Sector Initiative (PSI) from 1987 to 1995 More broadly
Refugee Factsheet _Final - National Immigration Forum After arrival, the resettlement agencies help refugees to start their lives in the U S , assisting them with applying for a Social Security card, registering children in school, learning how to access shopping facilities, arranging medical appointments, and connecting them with needed social or language services
Statement for the Record - National Immigration Forum The National Immigration Forum appreciates the opportunity to provide its views on the need to bolster the U S refugee resettlement program, which provides vulnerable individuals fleeing violence with safe haven in the United States The refugee resettlement program is a long-standing humanitarian effort consistent with our nation’s core values Our nation, in turn, has benefitted from
Working Paper: Addressing the Increase of Central American Migrants Ensure that agencies integral to the processing of certain migrants, such as Health and Human Services' Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), have additional authority, capacity, and resources to process migrants on a similar schedule as Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Legislative Bulletin — Friday, November 1, 2024 They are already eyeing ways to limit other forms of legal immigration, including by gutting refugee resettlement, banning travel from some Muslim-majority countries, revising the public charge rule, and potentially pausing acceptance of new applications for certain forms of immigration relief, the Wall Street Journal reports
Friday, December 13, 2019 - National Immigration Forum BILLS INTRODUCED AND CONSIDERED LEGISLATIVE FLOOR CALENDAR UPCOMING HEARINGS AND MARKUPS THEMES IN WASHINGTON THIS WEEK GOVERNMENT REPORTS SPOTLIGHT ON NATIONAL IMMIGRATION FORUM RESOURCES BILLS INTRODUCED AND CONSIDERED H R 5327 Resolving Extended Limbo for Immigrant Employees and Families (RELIEF) Act The bill would increase the number of available immigrant visas to eliminate the
Other Measures: Explainer On May 9, 2024, the Biden administration announced a new proposed rule and other measures by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to consider certain eligibility criteria for humanitarian protection earlier in the adjudication process The proposed rule would provide asylum officers the discretion to make decisions on bars to humanitarian relief around public safety and national security
Legislative Bulletin — Friday, October 8, 2021 The released data did show the administration may be beginning to make progress in rebuilding the resettlement program In September, the U S admitted 3,774 refugees, a sharp increase from 1,363 in August and the most the country has resettled in a single month since May 2017 Even at this increased pace, the Biden administration would need to dramatically further expand resettlement to meet