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USCIS Will Continue the Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program

USCIS updated its guidance on the Haitian Family Reunification Parole (HFRP) program at the end of September 2021, noting that it will continue the program after DHS reversed its 2019 announcement that it would terminate the program. Participation in the program is currently by invitation only.

https://www.uscis.gov/humanitarian/refugees-and-asylum/refugees

https://cbocalbos.wordpress.com/tag/conditional-parole-2/

https://cbocalbos.wordpress.com/tag/advance-parole/

https://cbocalbos.wordpress.com/tag/adjustment-under-parole/

White House Backtracks on Refugees Decision After Criticism and Says Biden Will Announce Increased Cap by May 15

White House announced that President Biden will set a new, increased refugee cap next month after facing a barrage of criticism for announcing the cap would stay at the historically low level set by former President Trump. Earlier today, the president had issued an emergency determination maintaining the refugee admissions ceiling at 15,000. 

https://cbocalbos.wordpress.com/tag/refugee-admissions/

https://cbocalbos.wordpress.com/tag/bureau-of-population-refugees-and-migration/

https://californiaimmigration.us/information-regarding-asylum-refugee-and-relative-petitions-to-the-us-to-be-offered-by-the-government/

https://cbocalbos.wordpress.com/tag/fy2012-refugee-admissions-numbers-and-authorizations/

Syrian Refugees

An article in the Washington Post reports that leaders of major American religious groups have condemned proposed bans on Syrian refugees, contending that a legitimate debate over security has been overtaken by irrational fear and prejudice. The article states that top organizations representing evangelicals, Roman Catholics, Jews, and liberal Protestants are in agreement that security concerns do not warrant blocking those fleeing violence in the Middle East.

https://cbocalbos.wordpress.com/tag/refugees/

https://cbocalbos.wordpress.com/tag/bureau-of-population-refugees-and-migration/

https://cbocalbos.wordpress.com/tag/syrian-refugees/

https://californiaimmigration.us/information-regarding-asylum-refugee-and-relative-petitions-to-the-us-to-be-offered-by-the-government/

Press release from HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement:

Press release from HHS Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) says that there are reports of refugee families victimized by the recent telephone scam targeting Bhutanese refugees have come in from Texas, Washington State, Colorado, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Nebraska.

Policy guidance refugee act

Bureau of population refugees and migration

Cuban refugee adjustment act

Central american refugees

Role of the DOS Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration

Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration, Eric Schwartz issued a press release explaining the role of the DOS Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration. He stated that nearly 75,000 refugees resettled in the U.S. in fiscal year 2009.

Bureau of population refugees and migration

Refugees and immigration

Central American Refugees

Form G-646 regarding refugees applying for admission to the US