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   Immigrants who came to the U.S. as refugees could be detained after a   
   year of arriving here under a new policy from the Department of Homeland   
   Security.   
      
   Refugees must either get a green card within a year, or "present   
   themselves to the agency" to avoid detention, according to a Feb. 18   
   memo from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and Immigration   
   and Customs Enforcement.   
      
   The move marks yet another attempt from the Trump administration to   
   further limit legal pathways to resettle in the United States. The   
   administration last year set the lowest-ever cap for refugees it would   
   admit into the U.S.   
      
   And USCIS later announced that it would re-review the status of everyone   
   who had been admitted into the U.S. as a refugee under the Biden   
   administration, essentially reopening those cases and risking the loss   
   of legal refugee status.   
      
   "This policy is a transparent effort to detain and potentially deport   
   thousands of people who are legally present in this country, people the   
   U.S. government itself welcomed after years of extreme vetting," said   
   Beth Oppenheim, CEO of HIAS, one of the resettlement organizations.   
   "They were promised safety and the chance to rebuild their lives.   
   Instead, DHS is now threatening them with arrest and indefinite   
   detention."   
      
   The memo was filed as a part of documents submitted in a federal court   
   case tied to refugees who were arrested in Minnesota. In it, USCIS   
   Director Joseph Edlow and ICE acting Director Todd Lyons direct their   
   agencies to "detain and inspect" refugees who do not "voluntarily return   
   to DHS custody for inspection and examination" to be a legal permanent   
   resident at the one-year mark of being in the country.   
      
   The policy rescinds prior guidance that did not treat the failure to   
   apply for a green card as grounds for deportation. It also states that   
   refugees may be placed in immigration detention while their application   
   for a green card is being considered. The agency leaders say the new   
   policy is needed to prevent immigration fraud, identify national   
   security threats and vet people for criminal histories.   
      
   "This detain-and-inspect requirement ensures that refugees are re-vetted   
   after one year, aligns post-admission vetting with that applied to other   
   applicants for admission, and promotes public safety," the memo states.   
      
   DHS did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the policy.   
      
   https://www.npr.org/2026/02/19/g-s1-110721/trump-administration-refugees-   
   memo-arrest   
      
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