agency
Office of Refugee Resettlement
Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) is a program of the Administration for Children and Families within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It supports refugees, people seeking asylum, survivors of torture and war, victims of human trafficking, and unaccompanied alien children.
Acting Director
Angie Salazar
Key facts
- Created by
- Refugee Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-212)source
- Parent agency
- Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Servicessource
- Unaccompanied children program transferred to ORR
- March 1, 2003 (Homeland Security Act of 2002)source
- U.S. refugee resettlement assistance since 1975
- More than 3 million refugeessource
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