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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).
Oregon will welcome at least 1,200 Afghan refugees by September. On Monday, state lawmakers approved an additional $18 million to support the effort.
The Office of Refugee Resettlement plays a particularly important role within USRAP. Bringing refugees into the United States and processing their documents is quite a different thing from assisting those same refugees in living and working in a new and foreign culture. This is the task of the Office of Refugee Resettlement.
The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with locations in the United States, Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras, and Kenya, and a national network of nearly 200 partner agencies that provide support for those experiencing forced and voluntary displacement.
The 2024 tally is a reason to celebrate and a reminder that refugee resettlement is highly subject to presidential whims. America's modern refugee resettlement system was established in 1980.
New immigration pathways are letting private citizens welcome refugees and other migrants—and getting the government out of the way.
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]
Refugee resettlement agencies are preparing to shutter more than 20 offices across the United States and cut back operations in more than 40 others.