Attorney General Raoul Urges Family Reunification

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Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine in leading a coalition of 20 attorneys general in urging the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to withdraw the decision to terminate the Haitian Family Reunification Parole Program (HFRP) and the Filipino World War II Veteran Parole Program (FWVP). The HFRP, started in 2014, provides a pathway for Haitians with approved family-based immigrant visa applications to join family members in the United States prior to receiving their visas. USCIS later implemented the FWVP Program to similarly provide a pathway for reunifying Filipino World War II veterans in the United States with family members. Raoul and the coalition assert that these programs have brought relief to immigrants seeking to rejoin their families and escape increasingly dire conditions at home.

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