Services For Migrants

  • The U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), established in 1911, is a nongovernmental, not-for-profit international organization dedicated to addressing the needs and rights of refugees and immigrants. USCRI, working with its affiliates, provides legal services, social, and health services to refugees, unaccompaniedmigratingchildren, trafficking survivors, and other immigrants in all 50 states, El Salvador, Honduras, Kenya, and Mexico. USCRI advocates for the rights of refugees and immigrants both nationally and globally, helping to drive policies, practices and law.

  • Regardless of your immigration status, you have guaranteed rights under the Constitution.

    Your rights

    • You have the right to remain silent and do not have to discuss your immigration or citizenship status with police, immigration agents, or other officials. Anything you tell an officer can later be used against you in immigration court.

    • If you are not a U.S. citizen and an immigration agent requests your immigration papers, you must show them if you have them with you.

    • If an immigration agent asks if they can search you, you have the right to say no. Agents do not have the right to search you or your belongings without your consent or probable cause.

    • If you’re over 18, carry your papers with you at all times. If you don’t have them, tell the officer that you want to remain silent, or that you want to consult a lawyer before answering any questions.


  • U.S Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has immigration restrictions for receipt of public and Section 8 housing benefits, but allows “mixed status” households to live together.

    If you live in a household in which your children or family members receive Section 8 or public housing benefits, those benefits will not affect you for purposes of public charge. This is true even if you as a parent or guardian are applying on behalf of your child. Only benefits that you apply for and receive in your name will be counted for public charge. *Undocumented immigrants are not eligible for the Section 8 and federal public housing programs but they are allowed to live with their eligible family members.

  • USCRI partners with local resettlement agencies, federally qualified health centers, local health departments or district hospitals, laboratories, and a pharmaceutical wholesaler to coordinate the medical screening program. Local resettlement agencies refer patients to the screening program clinics to schedule appointments.

    USCRI administers the Refugee Medical Assistance (RMA) and Refugee Medical Screening (RMS) funded by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement Refugee (ORR).

  • You have the right to be treated without discrimination or harassment. You have protections against discrimination and harassment on the job and as part of the recruitment process. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is the agency in the U.S. responsible for enforcing federal workplace anti-discrimination laws.