Refugees,+Displaced+Peoples+and+Deportations


 * Who is a Refugee from United States Department of Homeland Security**


 * UNHCR (United Nations Refugee Agency)**


 * Prominent Refugees Who Made a Difference**


 * Refugees and Asylums in the United States**
 * **U.S. is the world's top resettlement country for refugees**
 * **69,993 refugees resettled in 2015**
 * **25,199 asylum status granted in 2013**


 * The Screening Process for Refugee Entry into the United States**




 * Where Refugees to the United States Come From, Pew Research Center (June 17, 2016)**
 * **Leading Countries of Origin of Recent Refugees**
 * **Burma (Myanmar)**
 * **Democratic Republic of Congo**
 * **Somalia**
 * **Iraq**
 * **Bhutan**
 * **Syria**
 * **Iran**

Refugees in American History

 * History of U.S. Refugee Resettlement**


 * The Refugees Americans Have Fought Against Over 200 Years, The Washington Post (November 20, 2015)**


 * The History of the United States' First Refugee Crisis, Smithsonian**
 * American Slaveholders viewed those fleeing the Haitian Revolution with suspicion


 * America Once Accepted 800,000 War Refugees: Is It Time to Do That Again? Mother Jones (September 11, 2015)**
 * See historical photographs from Operation Frequent Wind and the Fall of Saigon


 * [[image:primary_sources.PNG link="@https://www.archives.gov/press/press-releases/2016/nr16-23.html"]]Refugee Act of 1980 from National Archives**


 * Deportations in American History**


 * For an overview, see Deportation in the United States: A Historical Analysis and Recommendations, Marc Edward Jacome, Michigan Journal of Public Affairs, Spring 2015**


 * Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798**
 * Government has the power to deport


 * Chad Chan Ping v U.S. (1889)**
 * Deportation was an administrative function of the government rather than a criminal proceeding where individuals had constitutional rights of a trial


 * 1920s**
 * Laws permitted deportation of individuals who were criminals (prostitution, espionage, wartime offenses)