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Governor Abbott claimed that Texas had received more refugees than any other state, stating that 10% of all refugees in the United States had resettled in Texas over the past 10 years. [39] On January 15, 2020, a federal judge blocked the executive order, ruling that individual states do not have the power to deny refugees entry and that doing ...
44 North Koreans refugees, including children and two former political prisoners Refugees fleeing political repression in North Korea and fearing Chinese collaboration Political crackdown and impoverishment in North Korea China: Beijing Canada: September 29, 2004 December 22, 2004 2 months, 7 days Negotiated transfer with China.
Non-Mexicans arriving on the border are overwhelmingly Central American nationals. The 2014 American immigration crisis was a surge in unaccompanied children and women from the Northern Triangle of Central America (NTCA) seeking entrance to the United States in 2014. According to U.S. law, an unaccompanied alien child refers to a person under ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Nearly 1,660 Afghans cleared by the U.S. government to resettle in the U.S., including family members of active-duty U.S. military personnel, are having their flights ...
The Biden administration will allow some migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela who are already in Mexico to apply to enter the United States as refugees, White House national security ...
Refugee resettlement is likely on the chopping block for the incoming administration. When Trump first took office, he reduced President Barack Obama’s cap of 110,000 refugee admissions for 2017 ...
[12] [2] In recent years, the number of refugees admitted by the U.S. has fluctuated due to changes in government policies. For example, the U.S. resettled 84,995 refugees in the fiscal year 2016. [13] The number of refugees admitted declined significantly, with only 11,814 admitted in the fiscal year 2020. [14]
The goal of USCRI’s refugee programs is to help refugees and other newcomers achieve self-sufficiency and become contributing members of their new communities. [8] USCRI is one of non-profit organizations working with the U.S. Department of State Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration to provide reception upon arrival. This includes ...