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WASHINGTON – As the one-year anniversary of the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan nears, members of the House of Representatives yesterday joined United States senators in introducing the Afghan Adjustment Act.  Today, Evacuate Our Allies hosted a press conference where veterans, refugee advocates, Afghan-American leaders, and resettled Afghans urged Congress to pass this bipartisan, bicameral legislation. 

WASHINGTON - Today’s bipartisan introduction of the Afghan Adjustment Act in the House of Representatives by Representatives Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Peter Meijer (R-MI), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Jason Crow (D-CO), Fred Upton (R-MI), and Scott Peters (D-CA), and Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Lindsey Graham (R-SC), Chris Coons (D-DE), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), and Lisa Ann Murkowski (R-AK) signals a ren...

We celebrate the announcement that both the Senate and the House have introduced the Afghan Adjustment Act to provide a pathway to lawful permanent residence and eventual citizenship for Afghan nationals who have already been allowed to enter the U.S. and restart their lives here.   

Ordinary citizens are taking the lead in resettling newcomers.

Haiti is throwing U.S. deportees into prison for ransom, advocates say, including a New Jersey man who is being held in a packed prison.

Several Afghan refugees living in Madagascar staged a demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in Antananarivo.

As the Taliban seek to bolster their international legitimacy, they continue to impose starvation, oppression, and violence on Afghans.

Afghan refugees living in the east African island nation say they lack basic support and want to be relocated to the US.

Deputy Secretary Wendy Sherman, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian A. Nichols, and Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Todd Robinson met virtually...

Out of 42,705 applications for refugee status in 2003, 25,309 were accepted, including James Tour and Nyanit Malual, the Sudanese-American couple featured in the accompanying profile. The cap that fiscal year was 70,000.What’s the difference between...