The Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) within the State Department is a little-known entity that plays a significant role in promoting global illegal migration. Despite its relative obscurity, the PRM is instrumental in managing and supporting the movement of illegal migrants worldwide.
The PRM's Role in Global Migration
The PRM is not to be confused with the State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs, which is responsible for issuing visas to foreigners. The PRM has no involvement with visas, and its primary function is to manage the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Under the current Biden-Harris administration, the PRM resettles approximately 125,000 refugees annually.
However, the PRM's influence extends beyond refugee admissions. The bureau provides diplomatic support and international grants to the global “irregular” migration industry, disbursing around $4 billion annually to international organizations such as the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
These organizations, funded by Washington, are instrumental in promoting open-border ideology, undermining national borders, and advancing a global “right to migrate.”
PRM's Diplomatic Hypocrisy
While PRM officials claim that their international funding and diplomacy help to discourage illegal migrants from undertaking dangerous journeys, this is not the primary mission of the grantees that receive PRM funding. PRM's international diplomacy, which it describes as a “humanitarian” effort that “eases suffering” and “provides protection” to migrants, is contradicted by the silence of U.S. diplomacy towards the ongoing human rights calamity in migration.
PRM's claim to address the “root causes” of illegal migration while ignoring first-world asylum policies is a clear example of diplomatic hypocrisy. More than war, poverty, or natural disasters, first-world asylum policies are the major pull factors in today's global migration crisis.
The Role of Human Incentives in Illegal Migration
PRM ignores the role of human incentives in illegal migration because its primary mission, and that of its main grantees such as UNHCR, is to accommodate people moving across national borders. PRM is UNHCR’s biggest donor, and investigative journalist Todd Bensman at the Center for Immigration Studies has documented how UNHCR and other groups irresponsibly provide cash to illegal migrants to help them reach the U.S. southern border.
PRM's existence and original policy mission are rooted in the 1951 UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 corollary. However, this international framework for managing displaced persons is now outdated and needs to be fundamentally reimagined. The main forces driving people to illegally cross national borders today are not war or natural disasters, but calculated economic improvement.
The Difference Between a “Refugee” and an “Asylum-Seeker”
It's important to understand the difference between a “refugee” and an “asylum-seeker.” Both terms refer to migratory persons seeking protection, but the distinction lies in where their cases are adjudicated. Refugees make their claim for protection outside the territory of the country they want to enter, while asylum-seekers make their claim inside the country.
The Need for an Overhaul of the PRM
The PRM has recently expanded its domestic mission under the Biden-Harris administration. It has helped create the so-called “Welcome Corps” inside the U.S., a State Department initiative attempting to deal with the chaos caused by the millions of bogus asylum-seekers and parolees that have been released into the country.
The PRM has also opened special immigration consultation offices—called “Safe Mobility Offices”—in Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Guatemala. Funded by PRM, these offices are using expansive interpretations of “fear of persecution” to deem more economic migrants from Latin America as legal refugees with a right to be quickly resettled in the United States.
Given these developments, it's clear that a complete overhaul of the State’s PRM bureau is long overdue.
Bottom Line
The role of the PRM in global migration is significant, yet often overlooked. Its actions and policies have far-reaching implications for illegal migration worldwide. It's time to critically examine the PRM's operations and consider necessary reforms. What are your thoughts on this matter? Please share this article with your friends and discuss. Don't forget to sign up for the Daily Briefing, available every day at 6pm.
The Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) within the State Department is a little-known entity that plays a significant role in promoting global illegal migration. Despite its relative obscurity, the PRM is instrumental in managing and supporting the movement of illegal migrants worldwide.
The PRM's Role in Global Migration
The PRM is not to be confused with the State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs, which is responsible for issuing visas to foreigners. The PRM has no involvement with visas, and its primary function is to manage the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program in conjunction with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Under the current Biden-Harris administration, the PRM resettles approximately 125,000 refugees annually.
However, the PRM's influence extends beyond refugee admissions. The bureau provides diplomatic support and international grants to the global “irregular” migration industry, disbursing around $4 billion annually to international organizations such as the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
These organizations, funded by Washington, are instrumental in promoting open-border ideology, undermining national borders, and advancing a global “right to migrate.”
PRM's Diplomatic Hypocrisy
While PRM officials claim that their international funding and diplomacy help to discourage illegal migrants from undertaking dangerous journeys, this is not the primary mission of the grantees that receive PRM funding. PRM's international diplomacy, which it describes as a “humanitarian” effort that “eases suffering” and “provides protection” to migrants, is contradicted by the silence of U.S. diplomacy towards the ongoing human rights calamity in migration.
PRM's claim to address the “root causes” of illegal migration while ignoring first-world asylum policies is a clear example of diplomatic hypocrisy. More than war, poverty, or natural disasters, first-world asylum policies are the major pull factors in today's global migration crisis.
The Role of Human Incentives in Illegal Migration
PRM ignores the role of human incentives in illegal migration because its primary mission, and that of its main grantees such as UNHCR, is to accommodate people moving across national borders. PRM is UNHCR’s biggest donor, and investigative journalist Todd Bensman at the Center for Immigration Studies has documented how UNHCR and other groups irresponsibly provide cash to illegal migrants to help them reach the U.S. southern border.
PRM's existence and original policy mission are rooted in the 1951 UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 corollary. However, this international framework for managing displaced persons is now outdated and needs to be fundamentally reimagined. The main forces driving people to illegally cross national borders today are not war or natural disasters, but calculated economic improvement.
The Difference Between a “Refugee” and an “Asylum-Seeker”
It's important to understand the difference between a “refugee” and an “asylum-seeker.” Both terms refer to migratory persons seeking protection, but the distinction lies in where their cases are adjudicated. Refugees make their claim for protection outside the territory of the country they want to enter, while asylum-seekers make their claim inside the country.
The Need for an Overhaul of the PRM
The PRM has recently expanded its domestic mission under the Biden-Harris administration. It has helped create the so-called “Welcome Corps” inside the U.S., a State Department initiative attempting to deal with the chaos caused by the millions of bogus asylum-seekers and parolees that have been released into the country.
The PRM has also opened special immigration consultation offices—called “Safe Mobility Offices”—in Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, and Guatemala. Funded by PRM, these offices are using expansive interpretations of “fear of persecution” to deem more economic migrants from Latin America as legal refugees with a right to be quickly resettled in the United States.
Given these developments, it's clear that a complete overhaul of the State’s PRM bureau is long overdue.
Bottom Line
The role of the PRM in global migration is significant, yet often overlooked. Its actions and policies have far-reaching implications for illegal migration worldwide. It's time to critically examine the PRM's operations and consider necessary reforms. What are your thoughts on this matter? Please share this article with your friends and discuss. Don't forget to sign up for the Daily Briefing, available every day at 6pm.
