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Legal refugees now face long detention after DHS reinterprets law on applying for a green card after a year

  • Written by Ashley Sanchez, Associate Professor of Immigration, University of Notre Dame
Legal refugees now face long detention after DHS reinterprets law on applying for a green card after a yearA group of refugees and asylum-seekers tour a commercial fishing marina as part of a summer immersion program in August 2018 in Eastport, Maine. John Moore/Getty Images

The Department of Homeland Security issued a policy memo in February 2026 that could lead to the detention of refugees who are legally in the country.

The new policy states that...

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