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The Refugee Act of 1980, which established the Office of Refugee Resettlement within the United States Department of Health and Human Services, developed a comprehensive program for domestic refugee resettlement, pinpointing voluntary agencies as a necessary and needed entity for refugee resettlement in the United States. [9]
A 2012 USRAP report to Congress states that United States involvement in discussions and actions concerning refugee resettlement have given the United States the opportunity to advance human-rights as well as influence other countries to be more open to accepting refugees. [71] The example given in the report is that of Bhutanese refugees ...
HIAS (founded as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society [5]) is a Jewish American nonprofit organization that provides humanitarian aid and assistance to refugees. It was established on November 27, 1881, originally to help the large number of Russian Jewish immigrants to the United States who had left Europe to escape antisemitic persecution and violence. [1]
But many resettlement organizations, which help refugees find housing, learn English and find jobs, say they expect admissions to be cut sharply, undercutting a program President Joe Biden rebuilt ...
In 2016, Michigan was the fourth-largest state for refugee resettlement, according to a 2017 study from the economic development organization Global Detroit. Most refugees lived outside Detroit in ...
Catholic Charities, one of Erie’s three refugee resettlement agencies, secured and furnished an apartment on East Third Street for the family. ... MCRC’s director of refugee services. “In ...
The Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is a program of the Administration for Children and Families, an office within the United States Department of Health and Human Services, created with the passing of the United States Refugee Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-212).
A specified number of legally defined refugees who are granted refugee status outside the United States are annually admitted under 8 U.S.C. § 1157 for firm resettlement. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Other people enter the United States with or without inspection, and apply for asylum under section 1158.