Search Results: keywords:"priority 2 refugees"

  • H. R. 2607 — To designate residents of South Africa as Priority 2 refugees of special humanitarian concern, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:849

    H.R. 2607, known as the "Asylum for Farmers and Refugees In Krsis And Necessary Emigration Resettlement Act" or "AFRIKANER Act," proposes designating certain South African residents as Priority 2 refugees due to racial or ethnic persecution. This bill allows members of the...

    Simple Explanation

    Some people from South Africa could get special help to move to the U.S. because they might be treated badly where they live. This plan would let them come without counting against the usual limits on how many people can come to the U.S. as refugees.

  • H. R. 2349 — To designate residents of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region as Priority 2 refugees of special humanitarian concern, and for other purposes.
    Status:Introduced in House
    Words:2,877

    H.R. 2349, titled the "Uyghur Human Rights Protection Act," aims to protect residents of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region by designating them as Priority 2 refugees of special humanitarian concern. The bill recognizes serious human rights abuses by the Chinese government against Uyghurs...

    Simple Explanation

    H.R. 2349 is a plan to help people from a place called Xinjiang who are being treated very unfairly by letting them come to the United States as special guests without the usual limits, to keep them safe from harm.