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(1) recognizes the urgency to establish and fol-
low comprehensive, fair, and humane policies to ad-
dress forced migration and refugee challenges; 
(2) reaffirms the bipartisan commitment of the 
United States to promote the safety, health, and 
well-being of millions of refugees and asylum seek-
ers, including the education of refugee children and 
displaced persons fleeing war, persecution, or torture 
in search of protection, peace, hope, and freedom; 
(3) recognizes the many individuals who have 
risked their lives working, either individually or on 
behalf of nongovernmental organizations or inter-
national agencies, such as UNHCR, to provide life-
saving assistance and protection for people around 
the world who have been displaced from their homes; 
(4) reaffirms the imperative to fully restore 
United States asylum protections enshrined in the 
Refugee Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–212) by reject-
ing harmful bans and restrictions that limit refu-
gees’ access to protections and due process at the 
United States border; 
(5) reaffirms the importance of the United 
States Refugee Admissions Program as a critical 
tool of the United States Government— 
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(A) to strengthen national and regional se-
curity; and 
(B) to encourage international solidarity 
with host countries; 
(6) calls upon President Trump to lift the in-
definite suspension of the United States Refugee Ad-
missions Program and to fully restore resettlement 
to the United States; and 
(7) calls upon the Secretary of State, the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, and the United States 
Ambassador to the United Nations— 
(A) to uphold the United States’ inter-
national leadership role in responding to dis-
placement crises with humanitarian assistance 
and to strengthen its leadership role in the pro-
tection of vulnerable refugee populations that 
endure gender-based violence, torture, human 
trafficking, persecution, and violence against re-
ligious minorities, forced conscription, genocide, 
and exploitation; 
(B) to work in partnership with the inter-
national community to find solutions to existing 
conflicts, prevent new conflicts from emerging, 
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and tackle the root causes of involuntary migra-
tion; 
(C) to continue supporting the efforts of 
the UNHCR and advance the work of non-
governmental organizations to protect refugees 
and asylum seekers regardless of their country 
of origin, race, ethnicity, or religious beliefs; 
(D) to continue to alleviate pressures, 
through humanitarian and development assist-
ance, on frontline refugee host countries that 
absorb the majority of the world’s refugees, 
while effectively advocating for refugee well- 
being, including access to education and liveli-
hoods; 
(E) to meaningfully include refugees and 
displaced populations in creating and achieving 
the policy solutions affecting them; 
(F) to respond to the global refugee crisis 
by meeting robust refugee admissions goals; 
(G) to implement the United States’ 
pledges made at the Global Refugee Forum 
held in Geneva in December 2023 to expand 
refugee protection; 
(H) to address barriers faced by refugees 
with disabilities by ensuring accessible infra-
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structure and the availability of disability-re-
lated services and social protection schemes; 
and 
(I) to reaffirm the goals of ‘‘World Ref-
ugee Day’’ and reiterate the United States 
strong commitment to protect refugees and asy-
lum seekers who live without adequate material, 
social, or legal protections. 
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