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The December 2025 USCRI newsletter highlights press releases regarding a sign-on letter from 60+ organizations urging the U.S. Government to uphold its commitment to welcome refugees, and highlighting risks of the reported USCIS refugee reinterview plan.
It also shares statements on TPS revocation for Burma, Haiti, and Ethiopia, a Know Your Rights and Safety Planning guide, an in-depth look at the danger of institutionalizing third country returns, and our latest policy brief, focused on the struggle for documentation in Mexico's asylum system.
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Last month, more than 60 national, state, and local organizations that work with immigrants and refugees across the United States joined together to urge the U.S. Government to uphold its commitment to welcome refugees.
For more than four decades, the U.S. refugee program has reflected our nation’s deepest values and global leadership in protecting the persecuted. Grounded in the Refugee Act of 1980, this bipartisan commitment has, for decades, offered safety and opportunity to millions fleeing violence and oppression.
This legacy is at risk.
“Together, we stand ready to work in partnership with federal, state, and local governments to ensure the United States continues to serve as a beacon of hope for those seeking safety. By recommitting to a strong humanitarian refugee program, we honor our nation’s promise as a land of freedom and opportunity.”
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** Press Release: USCRI Highlights Risks of Reported USCIS Refugee Reinterview Plan
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USCRI is disturbed by reports that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has directed a sweeping review and potential reinterview of more than 200,000 refugees who were admitted to the United States between January 20, 2021, and February 20, 2025, as well as a halt in processing their applications for permanent residence. A review of this scale is wholly unwarranted and without precedent since the United States first began admitting refugees.
We call on the Administration to reverse this policy and reaffirm the United States’ commitment to a strong humanitarian refugee program. In doing so, we honor our nation’s promise as a land of freedom and opportunity.
“This reported policy has already caused widespread fear and uncertainty among the communities USCRI serves,” said Eskinder Negash, USCRI President and CEO.
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** Statement: Ending TPS for Burma Puts Lives in Danger, Urges Reversal
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USCRI is gravely concerned about the severe impact that the Administration’s decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Burma (Myanmar) will have on affected communities nationwide. This decision risks returning people to a country where conflict, widespread insecurity, and persecution persist. The termination is effective January 26, 2026.
In the first half of 2025, Burma ranked second worldwide for conflict intensity and was the fourth most dangerous country for civilians.
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** USCRI Know Your Rights and Safety Planning
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Regardless of immigration status, all individuals in the United States have guaranteed rights under the Constitution.
Click the button below to find our Know Your Rights guide, created to inform survivors of human trafficking, asylum seekers, parolees, and other non-U.S. citizens of their legal rights in various situations with law enforcement and immigration officers.
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** Behind the Brief: The Danger of Institutionalizing Third Country Returns
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Dive deeper into the policy brief “The Danger of Institutionalizing Third Country Returns,” taking a close look at this rapidly expanding migration policy trend that is reshaping how governments handle asylum and returns.
Countries should not use return hubs or any third country agreement as a way around international human rights commitments. Migrants are human beings, not pawns to move around on the world map.
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** With you on our side, USCRI can support those who need it most.
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** In case you missed it…
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USCRI Raises Alarm Over TPS Termination as Haiti Faces Record-Level Displacement
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Latest Policy Brief - The Struggle for Documentation in Mexico’s Asylum System
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USCRI Opposes Termination of Temporary Protected Status for Ethiopia
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), established in 1911, is an international, nonprofit organization dedicated to addressing the needs and rights of refugees and immigrants.
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