Background & Summaries

July 28, 2009

Terrorism Related Inadmissability Grounds Backgrounder

April 30, 2009

Selected Documents Relating to National Security and Counter-Terrorism Relevant to International Refugee Protection, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

March 24, 2009

Terrorism Related Inadmissability Grounds Backgrounder

August 13, 2008
Q & A on Terrorism-Related Bars to Admission in INA §212(a)(3)B), DHS Waiver Authority, and Exemptions Currently in Place, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service

April 22, 2008
Q & A on Terrorism-Related Bars to Admission in INA §212(a)(3)B), DHS Waiver Authority, and Exemptions Currently in Place, Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service

September 21, 2007
Material Support Issue Backgrounder

March 27, 2007
Administration's Progress on Material Support (pdf)

March 8, 2007
Refugees, Asylum Seekers, and Status Adjustment Cases Currently On Hold (excel)

March 5, 2007
Material Support Background Information (pdf)

March 5, 2007
Material Support One Page (pdf)

March 5, 2007
Material Support Continues to Affect Colombian Refugees (pdf)

March 5, 2007
Material Support Current Law and Legislative History (pdf)

March 5, 2007
Material Support Proposed Legislative Solution (pdf)

December 15, 2006
Summary of Key INA Provisions on Material Support and Related Bars (pdf)

November 14, 2006
Material Support Background Information (pdf)

November 13, 2006
Relevant INA Sections Pertaining to Material Support (pdf)

August 4, 2006
Material Support As It Affects Refugees and Asylees in the United States (powerpoint)

October 11, 2005
U.S. State Department Foreign Terrorist Organization List (Tier I) (pdf)

2005
Summary of Material Support Changes to the Immigration and Nationality Act (pdf)

December 29, 2004
U.S. State Department Terrorist Exclusion List (Tier II) (pdf)

April 24, 1996
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (pdf)