As the widespread dispersal of Syrian refugees and asylum-seekers cycle continues, Antonio Guterres, the United Nations high commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) warned that over 100,000 refugee children born in exile, children born from families living in a country for political reasons, are at risk of statelessness due to the ongoing unrest of Bashar al-Assad’s authoritarian regime, limiting the rights of receiving proper legal documentation. The extreme measures that the refugee families are taking to get proper documents ranges from paying several thousand dollars to a regime-sanctioned lawyer to relying on other refugees to get tips and options to register (Soguel, D. The Christian Science Monitor, 2015). In order to prevent fraud and deportation of the refugee families and children, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and UNHCR will need to cooperate in order to provide accurate information and efficiency for the refugees and asylum-seekers seeking safety of …show more content…
Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) and go through multiple interviews, confirming that he/she is fleeing from persecution in their country (USCIS, 2015). After getting approval, he/she must go through multiple medical checks and security checks as well as he/she is eligible for medical and cash assistance after his/her arrival on U.S. soil. Director Mark Kadel from the World Relief Spokane also explains how the whole process takes time, sometimes taking eight months to two years (Alexander, R. Spokesman Review, 2015, p.1). If a person is eligible for asylum, he/she need to file a Form I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal (deportation), within one year of his/her arrival to the United States. For both processes, there is no fee when he/she applies and if he/she wants to bring their families to the United States, they need to file Form I-730 (USCIS,
Argumentative Essay Why do we still have an immigration issue? After all most of the immigrants live in the fear of being deported and torn away from their families. Even though they are just trying to live the American dream. This is not how our ancestors were treated since after all America is a country founded by immigrants. So undocumented immigrants should get a pathway to citizenship in America.
1.Refugees have the ability to apply to a variety of Canadian Programs based on their on situation, background and credentials: Joint Assistance Sponsorship Program Joint Assistance Sponsorship is a program that enables the Sponsorship Agreement holders to partner with CIC, in the resettlement of refugees who identify in having a physical disability, special needs or any other mental disability, that could require some form of treatment in Canada. In these case many times the refugees will require more than the standard twelve months of government-funded income support, to successfully establish in Canada. These canadiens are usually matched with specific sponsorships in the initial application process. With the Joint Assistance Sponsorship program, government assistance and sponsorship will usually be offered an extension of up to 24 months. However there are exceptional cases, of which the sponsorship component can be extended up to 36 months.
Mexican Americans have immigrated and emigrated to Americas since before the Mexican American war of 1848. Immigration of Chicanos has been happening for a very long time, but the only difference is that it is now becoming a problem. Before the border was created Mexicans would legally cross to America, with no immigration problems, until 1924. When the border was created, Mexicans and Chicanos no longer has access to their old Chicano lives. Children continue to illegally be brought to America in search of better opportunities.
The Office of Refugee Resettlement has about 1.56 billion dollars to spend on people, and even at that large number, it is still exceeded over time (Phillips). It often takes months for a disabled veteran to see a doctor or receive the treatment that they need. When a refugee touches American soil, they are immediately looked over by a doctor and shortly after that they are given the treatment that those doctors decide are necessary. For example, Syrian refugees are given homes, hot meals, money, and they are also being treated for things like illness, broken bones, open wounds, and even depression. An article regarding the resettlement process states, “Once they’re here, the federal government has an entire office dedicated to resettling them, making sure they get medical assistance and some spending money which is around $1000.
Currently, such is the case with Syrians migrating to Europe in order to escape the chaos of their home land. The United States experiences such influx of immigrants due to the drug related violence plaguing South America. Such individuals can request permission from a country’s government to grant them asylum. Although, if they are to be rejected they face deportation immediately and are faced with the frightening burden of returning to the place they were escaping. This notion adds to the influx of individuals who would much rather
When applying you need to be a green card holder. Getting a green card takes months to a year. To qualify for a green card, you must apply either for family based immigration, which is where you are related to family member who is a citizen or green card holder, or you can receive a green card based on your job, if you’re a refugee, or investor (Green Cards). One is unable to come into the U.S. without this form of
Even though some people think immigrant children are trouble makers, these children need help. First of all, children immigrants almost certainly have trouble at home. Also, when old enough children will pay taxes to help our government. If these children come here we can put them in a adoption system where they can receive a family that truly loves them. Over all these children need our help and they can do our government good.
It takes an abundant amount of time, money, and paperwork to legally immigrate to the United States. The first step of the immigration process is obtaining a visa, a step that was difficult for my parents. There are multiple types of visas, depending on the purpose why one wants to move to the United States, such an employment, family, refugee, immigration, and marriage visa. My father first applied here as an immigrant, and when he arrived in the United States, my mother applied for a marriage visa to join my father to start their new lives together. They both went to the United Nations office in Baghdad, Iraq, a complicated six-hour drive from Slemani, Kurdistan to proceed with the preliminary steps.
The war in Iraq 20 March 2003 was the day everything changed, this was the day Americans stepped foot onto that foreign desert land that we now know of as Iraq. Many people have their own opinion about if the United States made the right decision deciding to go to war with this country. There are both positive and negative attributes that have come from us going to war. As stated before Americans are either for this decision or against. Personally, I am against us going to war due to: the lies and perception of Iraq 's weaponry, the amount of money that has been spent on the war, the amount of lives taken, and foremost the illegal actions that were taken to start the war with Iraq.
Schuylon Johnson Coach D. English IV Immigration in America The number of legal, and illegal immigrants have risen over the years, which has stirred more debate about immigration. Some think it’ll help the economy, and the others think that it’s affecting the economy, but in reality, immigration has been beneficial to a degree, but there are negative effects as well. A topic that is always discussed in America is with the increasing number of immigrants will there be an increase of terrorist attacks? Multiple people say yes, because of the previous terrorist attacks by Muslim.
Somali Refugees In American Since about the late 1900’s Somali Refugees have been coming to the United States in hope for a better lifestyle than they had at home with famine and war. Somali refugees are brought to the U.S. by different organizations that support families from other countries that have had a hard life styles and isn’t easy living in their home country. They arrive in the U.S. being new to the country and not having much understanding of the daily living and also feeling unsettled.
The United States of America, being a country founded by immigrants, is known all over the world as the land of great opportunities. People from all walks of life travelled across the globe, taking a chance to find a better life for them and their family. Over the years, the population of immigrants has grown immensely, resulting in the currently controversial issue of illegal immigration. Illegal immigrants are the people who have overstayed the time granted on their US, visa or those who have broken the federal law by crossing the border illegally. Matt O’Brien stated in his article “The government thinks that 10.8 million illegal immigrants lived in the country in January 2009, down from a peak of nearly 12 million in 2007.”(Para, 2) While some argue that illegal immigrants burden the United States of America and its economy, others believe that they have become essential and are an important part of the US, economy.
INTRODUCTION To start, it’s important to note that some people deny that we have moral obligations to needy non-citizens like refugees. For many, the state’s obligations are entirely towards its own citizens. If they acknowledge moral obligations to refugees, they are what philosophers call Good Samaritan obligations: obligations to help non-citizens only when the need is great. GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE There are many cases in which countries have faced their own refugee crisis like when the US experienced its own refugee
A refugee is a person who has been forced to leave their home country in order to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster. There are many different types of refugees, these include refugees who are escaping war, social discrimination, racial discrimination, religious persecution, those who are seeking aid after a natural disaster, political unrest, and those who fear for their lives and the lives of their family. These people are given refugee status and are placed in designated refugee camps across the country where they are supposed to be cared for and educated, but this is not happening. Many of the countries only provide shelter for the refugees but do not provide the rest of the basic needs. There are many factors that contribute to a person becoming a refugee these include war, famine, racial prejudice, religion, harassment or torture due to political views, nationality, and natural disaster.
In terms of European Union statistics 2014- 2015 there are about 1.26 million applications of asylum. General Obligations There are duties imposed to every refugee