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The core claim is that the U.S. pathway from refugee status to citizenship for Somalis remains the same in law—resettlement or arrival as a refugee, adjustment to lawful permanent resident (Green Card...
Federal refugee resettlement in 2025 is centered on the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP), which historically is run by the State Department in cooperation with DHS and HHS (archived State Dept....
Somali nationals seeking admission to the U.S. in 2024 could pursue resettlement through USRAP or seek Temporary Protected Status (TPS) if already in the U.S.; USRAP processing follows refugee-priorit...
In 2025, Somali refugee resettlement was managed through the traditional U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) architecture—led overseas by the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and...
The Biden administration's border policies have produced a : refugee admissions increased substantially—reaching a three-decade high in FY2024—while asylum access at the southern border has been narro...
is presented by officials as simultaneously more secure—through heightened vetting, re-review operations, and —and more and that speed resettlement logistics; recent reporting shows those twin goals a...
calls its refugee policy both secure and streamlined because it pairs legally codified, centralized processing systems and interagency with a coordinated designed to move vetted people from referral t...
Private sponsors and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) form the operational backbone of Somali arrivals to the United States in 2025 by making referrals into the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (US...
The Biden administration has played a central and active role in reshaping U.S. refugee resettlement: it rebuilt processing capacity, raised admission targets and launched private sponsorship initiati...
President Biden’s immigration policies produce a mixed record: the administration has significantly expanded refugee admissions and rebuilt resettlement pathways, while simultaneously tightening asylu...