U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI)
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Since 1911, USCRI has been advancing the rights and lives of refugees and immigrants.
We're proud to share "Building a National Response for Trafficking Survivors," a new preliminary report examining the impact of the Trafficking Victim Assistance Program (TVAP) and Aspire: Child Trafficking Victim Assistance Program.
Read the full report at https://bit.ly/49A9QRY
Read the full report at https://bit.ly/49A9QRY
January 12, 2026 at 9:43 PM
We're proud to share "Building a National Response for Trafficking Survivors," a new preliminary report examining the impact of the Trafficking Victim Assistance Program (TVAP) and Aspire: Child Trafficking Victim Assistance Program.
Read the full report at https://bit.ly/49A9QRY
Read the full report at https://bit.ly/49A9QRY
“This approach risks casting undue suspicion on refugees and their families simply because they entered through a lawful humanitarian pathway under a different administration,” said Eskinder Negash in a statement to @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/u...
Trump Officials Reopen Thousands of Refugee Claims in Minnesota
www.nytimes.com
January 12, 2026 at 4:32 PM
“This approach risks casting undue suspicion on refugees and their families simply because they entered through a lawful humanitarian pathway under a different administration,” said Eskinder Negash in a statement to @nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/u...
A new report explores how SGBV fuels displacement in DRC, how aid cuts are adding to the problem, and why women-led organizations are important during crises.
As the #16DaysOfActivism Against Gender-Based Violence concludes, it's an apt moment to release our report on how the resurgence of violence in the #DRC, coupled with US funding cuts, has impacted women, girls, & women-led orgs in the Kivu regions: www.womensrefugeecommission.org/research-res...
“We Have Abandoned Them”: The Impact of Renewed Conflict and Funding Cuts on Women, Girls, and Women-Led Organizations in Eastern DRC | Women's Refugee Commission
This report documents the impact of renewed conflict and funding cuts on women, girls, and women-led organizations in Eastern DRC.
www.womensrefugeecommission.org
January 12, 2026 at 4:26 PM
A new report explores how SGBV fuels displacement in DRC, how aid cuts are adding to the problem, and why women-led organizations are important during crises.
Today is #WearBlueDay.
We are standing in solidarity with survivors and raising awareness for #HumanTraffickingPreventionMonth by wearing blue. At USCRI, we are committed to supporting survivors and advocating for justice.
Learn more about common myths at https://bit.ly/4jE3dms
We are standing in solidarity with survivors and raising awareness for #HumanTraffickingPreventionMonth by wearing blue. At USCRI, we are committed to supporting survivors and advocating for justice.
Learn more about common myths at https://bit.ly/4jE3dms
January 11, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Today is #WearBlueDay.
We are standing in solidarity with survivors and raising awareness for #HumanTraffickingPreventionMonth by wearing blue. At USCRI, we are committed to supporting survivors and advocating for justice.
Learn more about common myths at https://bit.ly/4jE3dms
We are standing in solidarity with survivors and raising awareness for #HumanTraffickingPreventionMonth by wearing blue. At USCRI, we are committed to supporting survivors and advocating for justice.
Learn more about common myths at https://bit.ly/4jE3dms
Join us for a panel on the future of services for immigrant survivors of human trafficking. Experts from USCRI, USC, Georgetown ISIM, and Asylee Women Enterprise will share new findings on TVAP & Aspire and key challenges in 2026.
In person: https://bit.ly/49J469M
Webinar: https://bit.ly/4qnkXoz
In person: https://bit.ly/49J469M
Webinar: https://bit.ly/4qnkXoz
January 8, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Join us for a panel on the future of services for immigrant survivors of human trafficking. Experts from USCRI, USC, Georgetown ISIM, and Asylee Women Enterprise will share new findings on TVAP & Aspire and key challenges in 2026.
In person: https://bit.ly/49J469M
Webinar: https://bit.ly/4qnkXoz
In person: https://bit.ly/49J469M
Webinar: https://bit.ly/4qnkXoz
January is #HumanTraffickingPreventionMonth.
Human trafficking isn’t just what you see in movies. It happens everywhere, in many forms, and affects people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds. Learn the truths behind common myths and how you can help.
https://bit.ly/4jE3dms
Human trafficking isn’t just what you see in movies. It happens everywhere, in many forms, and affects people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds. Learn the truths behind common myths and how you can help.
https://bit.ly/4jE3dms
January 7, 2026 at 9:13 PM
January is #HumanTraffickingPreventionMonth.
Human trafficking isn’t just what you see in movies. It happens everywhere, in many forms, and affects people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds. Learn the truths behind common myths and how you can help.
https://bit.ly/4jE3dms
Human trafficking isn’t just what you see in movies. It happens everywhere, in many forms, and affects people of all ages, genders, and backgrounds. Learn the truths behind common myths and how you can help.
https://bit.ly/4jE3dms
A new year brings renewed hope. As we welcome 2026, we recommit to protecting the rights and dignity of refugees and immigrants everywhere.
Happy New Year from all of us at USCRI!
Happy New Year from all of us at USCRI!
January 1, 2026 at 7:45 PM
A new year brings renewed hope. As we welcome 2026, we recommit to protecting the rights and dignity of refugees and immigrants everywhere.
Happy New Year from all of us at USCRI!
Happy New Year from all of us at USCRI!
Before the year ends, you still have time to change a life. 💙
A year-end gift made today helps one more family find safety, dignity, and hope—and thanks to a $100,000 match, every donation is doubled.
Give now so your gift counts before year-end: refugees.org/donate
A year-end gift made today helps one more family find safety, dignity, and hope—and thanks to a $100,000 match, every donation is doubled.
Give now so your gift counts before year-end: refugees.org/donate
December 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Before the year ends, you still have time to change a life. 💙
A year-end gift made today helps one more family find safety, dignity, and hope—and thanks to a $100,000 match, every donation is doubled.
Give now so your gift counts before year-end: refugees.org/donate
A year-end gift made today helps one more family find safety, dignity, and hope—and thanks to a $100,000 match, every donation is doubled.
Give now so your gift counts before year-end: refugees.org/donate
In 2025, USCRI helped change lives around the world with help from generous supporters like you.
But the work isn’t finished. End the year by helping someone start again. Donate today at refugees.org/donate
But the work isn’t finished. End the year by helping someone start again. Donate today at refugees.org/donate
December 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
In 2025, USCRI helped change lives around the world with help from generous supporters like you.
But the work isn’t finished. End the year by helping someone start again. Donate today at refugees.org/donate
But the work isn’t finished. End the year by helping someone start again. Donate today at refugees.org/donate
Stand with refugees before the year ends.
Your year-end gift ensures no family faces the journey alone. Join us in creating a future of safety & dignity.
Donate today at refugees.org/donate
Your year-end gift ensures no family faces the journey alone. Join us in creating a future of safety & dignity.
Donate today at refugees.org/donate
December 27, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Stand with refugees before the year ends.
Your year-end gift ensures no family faces the journey alone. Join us in creating a future of safety & dignity.
Donate today at refugees.org/donate
Your year-end gift ensures no family faces the journey alone. Join us in creating a future of safety & dignity.
Donate today at refugees.org/donate
Heri za Kwanzaa! Wishing you a meaningful Kwanzaa as we celebrate unity, purpose, and community.
May the principles of Kwanzaa inspire hope, dignity, and opportunity for all.
May the principles of Kwanzaa inspire hope, dignity, and opportunity for all.
December 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Heri za Kwanzaa! Wishing you a meaningful Kwanzaa as we celebrate unity, purpose, and community.
May the principles of Kwanzaa inspire hope, dignity, and opportunity for all.
May the principles of Kwanzaa inspire hope, dignity, and opportunity for all.
This Christmas, we’re grateful for a community that chooses compassion and welcome. 🎄
Wishing you peace, hope, and joy this holiday season. Merry Christmas!
Wishing you peace, hope, and joy this holiday season. Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
This Christmas, we’re grateful for a community that chooses compassion and welcome. 🎄
Wishing you peace, hope, and joy this holiday season. Merry Christmas!
Wishing you peace, hope, and joy this holiday season. Merry Christmas!
Give hope. Get a tote.
Make a year-end gift of $25 and receive our exclusive USCRI tote as a thank-you. Carry compassion everywhere you go.
Donate at refugees.org/donate/
Make a year-end gift of $25 and receive our exclusive USCRI tote as a thank-you. Carry compassion everywhere you go.
Donate at refugees.org/donate/
December 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Give hope. Get a tote.
Make a year-end gift of $25 and receive our exclusive USCRI tote as a thank-you. Carry compassion everywhere you go.
Donate at refugees.org/donate/
Make a year-end gift of $25 and receive our exclusive USCRI tote as a thank-you. Carry compassion everywhere you go.
Donate at refugees.org/donate/
Last month, USCRI staff visited Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. Among them was Sylvia Maru, Program Manager for Keep Girls Dreaming, USCRI’s initiative to provide child protection, menstrual hygiene access and education, and food assistance to girls in the camp: https://bit.ly/3MRq7dC
December 22, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Last month, USCRI staff visited Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. Among them was Sylvia Maru, Program Manager for Keep Girls Dreaming, USCRI’s initiative to provide child protection, menstrual hygiene access and education, and food assistance to girls in the camp: https://bit.ly/3MRq7dC
Refugees, asylees, and humanitarian parolees want to work—and many keep America moving as truck drivers. A new decision prohibits most immigrants from obtaining a Commercial Driver’s License, threatening the livelihoods of nearly 200,000 immigrants.
https://bit.ly/4s7QbBn
https://bit.ly/4s7QbBn
December 19, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Refugees, asylees, and humanitarian parolees want to work—and many keep America moving as truck drivers. A new decision prohibits most immigrants from obtaining a Commercial Driver’s License, threatening the livelihoods of nearly 200,000 immigrants.
https://bit.ly/4s7QbBn
https://bit.ly/4s7QbBn
The people of Sudan are suffering a crisis escalating at a pace the world is barely registering, even as it becomes one of the largest humanitarian catastrophes of our time... Despite the enormity of the crisis, global attention & diplomatic engagement remain dangerously low.
https://bit.ly/4qopAOZ
https://bit.ly/4qopAOZ
December 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
The people of Sudan are suffering a crisis escalating at a pace the world is barely registering, even as it becomes one of the largest humanitarian catastrophes of our time... Despite the enormity of the crisis, global attention & diplomatic engagement remain dangerously low.
https://bit.ly/4qopAOZ
https://bit.ly/4qopAOZ
This week, staff from USCRI's International Programs team attended the Global Refugee Forum Progress Review in Geneva, the world’s largest gathering on refugee & displacement policy. Our team connected with partners to advance shared commitments for refugees & forcibly displaced people worldwide.
December 18, 2025 at 9:12 PM
This week, staff from USCRI's International Programs team attended the Global Refugee Forum Progress Review in Geneva, the world’s largest gathering on refugee & displacement policy. Our team connected with partners to advance shared commitments for refugees & forcibly displaced people worldwide.
USCRI strongly opposes the decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ethiopia. Ending TPS places thousands of Ethiopian nationals at risk of deportation to a country facing ongoing armed conflict, mass displacement, hunger, and instability.
Full statement: https://bit.ly/3N6uzFl
Full statement: https://bit.ly/3N6uzFl
December 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
USCRI strongly opposes the decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Ethiopia. Ending TPS places thousands of Ethiopian nationals at risk of deportation to a country facing ongoing armed conflict, mass displacement, hunger, and instability.
Full statement: https://bit.ly/3N6uzFl
Full statement: https://bit.ly/3N6uzFl
In this month’s Policy and Advocacy newsletter, USCRI tracks major U.S. policy rollbacks—including a massive plan to re-review refugees, alongside the Supreme Court’s decision to hear a birthright citizenship case.
Read more and sign up to receive the newsletter at https://bit.ly/48EAry8
Read more and sign up to receive the newsletter at https://bit.ly/48EAry8
December 16, 2025 at 10:05 PM
In this month’s Policy and Advocacy newsletter, USCRI tracks major U.S. policy rollbacks—including a massive plan to re-review refugees, alongside the Supreme Court’s decision to hear a birthright citizenship case.
Read more and sign up to receive the newsletter at https://bit.ly/48EAry8
Read more and sign up to receive the newsletter at https://bit.ly/48EAry8
Wishing all who celebrate a Happy Hanukkah! May the light of the season guide us toward hope, belonging, and welcome for all.
December 14, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Wishing all who celebrate a Happy Hanukkah! May the light of the season guide us toward hope, belonging, and welcome for all.
USCRI is alarmed by the Administration's decision to end TPS for #Haiti. Placing 350K+ people at risk of being sent back to life-threatening conditions does not strengthen or safeguard the US. Haiti is in crisis.
Read our full statement at: https://bit.ly/48Bsp9i
Read our full statement at: https://bit.ly/48Bsp9i
December 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
USCRI is alarmed by the Administration's decision to end TPS for #Haiti. Placing 350K+ people at risk of being sent back to life-threatening conditions does not strengthen or safeguard the US. Haiti is in crisis.
Read our full statement at: https://bit.ly/48Bsp9i
Read our full statement at: https://bit.ly/48Bsp9i
Mexico is seeing more asylum seekers as legal pathways to the U.S. narrow — yet the government has suspended Humanitarian Visitor Cards, crucial for access to work, education, and services. A USCRI Mexico staffer explains why the TVRH is vital for protection and integration: https://bit.ly/3MAEqD9
December 11, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Mexico is seeing more asylum seekers as legal pathways to the U.S. narrow — yet the government has suspended Humanitarian Visitor Cards, crucial for access to work, education, and services. A USCRI Mexico staffer explains why the TVRH is vital for protection and integration: https://bit.ly/3MAEqD9
Third country returns are spreading across the globe at the cost of fundamental human rights. Our Behind the Brief breaks down how governments are institutionalizing these dangerous practices and why rights-respecting return policies must remain the standard. Read here: https://bit.ly/4507JFx
December 9, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Third country returns are spreading across the globe at the cost of fundamental human rights. Our Behind the Brief breaks down how governments are institutionalizing these dangerous practices and why rights-respecting return policies must remain the standard. Read here: https://bit.ly/4507JFx
What are “third country deportations?” Swipe through to learn how this policy works, why countries use it, and what it means for people seeking protection.
Learn more about third country deportations at https://bit.ly/48mEH50
Learn more about third country deportations at https://bit.ly/48mEH50
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
What are “third country deportations?” Swipe through to learn how this policy works, why countries use it, and what it means for people seeking protection.
Learn more about third country deportations at https://bit.ly/48mEH50
Learn more about third country deportations at https://bit.ly/48mEH50
On International Volunteer Day, we celebrate the extraordinary USCRI volunteers who give their time and compassion to welcome and support newcomers. Thank you for showing up, lifting others, and changing lives. 💙
Visit our website to learn how you can get involved! www.refugees.org
Visit our website to learn how you can get involved! www.refugees.org
December 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
On International Volunteer Day, we celebrate the extraordinary USCRI volunteers who give their time and compassion to welcome and support newcomers. Thank you for showing up, lifting others, and changing lives. 💙
Visit our website to learn how you can get involved! www.refugees.org
Visit our website to learn how you can get involved! www.refugees.org