| Statements On Introduced Bills And Joint Resolutions |
March 21, 2013 |
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Patrick Leahy, D-VT
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"Since passage of the landmark Refugee Act of 1980, more than 2.6 million refugees and asylum seekers have been granted protection in the United States. In my home State of Vermont, I have seen how the admission of these refugees and asylum seekers, almost 5,600 in the last 20 years, has revitalized and enriched communities, resulting in the creation of new businesses, safer neighborhoods, and stronger schools. We are fortunate to have the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program, with its decades of experience and award-winning volunteer program, leading this effort. Over the last 5 years, many of these new Vermonters have come from Bhutan, Burma, and the Congo. As they become small business owners, nurses, and soccer coaches, they contribute to the well-being of our communities and their culture enriches my historically Anglo-Saxon and French-Canadian state."
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| Camp Ashraf And Camp Liberty |
September 20, 2012 |
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Albio Sires, D-NJ
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"In recent days, another 680 Ashraf residents have been relocated to Camp Liberty under a resettlement plan backed by the United States. It is important that we support these residents as they seek to liquidate tens of millions of dollars of their assets left behind at Camp Ashraf."
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| The International Institute Of Minnesota: A Refugee Resettlement And Job Training Success Story |
March 30, 2012 |
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Betty McCollum, D-MN
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"The St. Paul-based International Institute of Minnesota, IIM, is one of America’s premier refugee resettlement agencies. Since 1975, IIM has sponsored and resettled more than 22,000 refugees. Their resettlement work, along with the extensive education and training programs they provide for new Minnesotans, has resulted in refugees transitioning from conflict and uncertainty to stability and economic self-sufficiency. IIM’s work is both valuable and essential to the contributions refugees continue to make, as they become New Americans, to Minnesota’s economy and the strengths they bring to our communities."
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| Examining Ongoing Human Rights Abuses In Vietnam |
January 25, 2012 |
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Christopher Smith, R-NJ
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"In addition, this legislation would reaffirm the United States’ commitments: to overcoming the jamming of Radio Free Asia by the Vietnamese Government; to engaging in cultural exchanges in a manner that promotes freedom and democracy in Vietnam; and to offer refugee resettlement to Vietnamese nationals who have been deemed ineligible solely due to administrative errors or for other reasons beyond their control."
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