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  • DOS Notice of Public Meeting on FY 2014 U.S. Refugee Admissions Program
    20 Mar 2013 - 15:04

    [Federal Register Volume 78, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 20, 2013)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 17281]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: 2013-06388]

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    DEPARTMENT OF STATE

    [Public Notice 8241]

    Notice of Public Meeting on FY 2014 U.S. Refugee Admissions Program

    There will be a meeting on the President's FY 2014 U.S. Refugee Admissions Program on Wednesday, May 15, 2013 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Department of State's Harry S. Truman Building's George C. Marshall Conference Room, 2201 C Street NW., Washington, DC 20520. The meeting's purpose is to hear the views of attendees on the appropriate size and scope of the FY 2014 U.S. Refugee Admissions Program.

    Persons wishing to attend this meeting must notify the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration at telepho...

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  • USCIS Naturalizes Former Refugees to Commemorate World Refugee Day
    25 Jun 2012 - 01:14

    State Department official, best-selling author recognized as ‘Outstanding Americans by Choice’

    WASHINGTON—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute administered the Oath of Allegiance to 19 former refugees during a special naturalization ceremony at the Department of State (DOS) Thursday to commemorate World Refugee Day.

    U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas and Deputy Secretary Lute presented Khaled Hosseini, author of the New York Times best-selling novel “The Kite Runner,” and Maria Otero, an undersecretary for the Department of State, “Outstanding American by C...

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  • DHS Issues Updated Refugee And Asylee Statistics For FY2011
    21 May 2012 - 06:13

    This report provides information on the number and characteristics of persons admitted as refugees or granted asylum in the United States in 2011.

    Please check the attachment to read the DHS Report.

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  • USCIS Publishes Iraqi Refugee Processing Fact Sheet
    6 Jul 2011 - 03:31

    U.S. Refugee Admissions Program

    The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) is an inter-agency effort involving a number of governmental and non-governmental partners, both overseas and domestically, whose mission is to resettle refugees in the United States. The U.S. Department of State’s (DOS) Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) has overall management responsibility for the USRAP and has the lead in proposing admissions numbers and processing priorities.
    Within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has responsibility for interviewing refugee applicants and adjudicating applications for refugee status. Through its cooperative a...

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  • CRS Report On U.S. Refugee Resettlement Assistance
    28 Jun 2011 - 02:10

    Please check that attachment to view the CRS report on "U.S. Refugee Resettlement Assistance".

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