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Event Summary
The Center for Immigration Studies held an Immigration Newsmaker event featuring Andrew Veprek, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM).
What is the State Department doing on migration — and what comes next?
Moderated by Mark Krikorian, the Center's executive director, the discussion covered key issues shaping U.S. and global migration policy, including:
- The role of the State Department in implementing President Trump’s immigration policies.
- Reorganization of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration to support the President’s immigration policies.
- U.S. funding of international organizations and NGOs and its effect on migration flows.
- Refugee resettlement under the Trump Administration, including Afrikaners.
- The Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program.
- Reforming the global refugee and asylum system.
Date and Location
April 23, 2026
Washington, DC