,,iv  #aai? ,,congress  #a/ ,session    
,h4 ,,res4 #cgh  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(     
,,repres5tatives  ,may #e1 #bjbe,mr4    
,espaillat 7= himself1 ,mr4 ,ivey1 ,mr4 
,mc,govern1 ,mr4 ,cleav]1 ,ms4 ,adams1  
,ms4 ,p+ree1 & ,ms4 ,ca/or ( ,florida7  
submitt$ ! foll[+ resolution2 :i* 0     
ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ! ,judici>y1 &
 9 addition to ! ,committee on ,=eign   
,affairs1 = a p]iod to be subsequ5tly   
det]m9$ by ! ,speak]1 9 ea* case =      
consid]ation ( su* provisions z fall )9 
! jurisdiction ( ! committee conc]n$    
,,resolution  ,express+ ! s5se ( ! ,h\se
 ( ,repres5tatives t ! plight (         
,cam]oonian immigrants & ! cont9u$      
turmoil & in/ability 9 ! nation (       
,cam]oon m]its a designation (          
humanit>ian p>ole & call+ on ! ,dep>tm5t
 ( ,homel& ,security to create a        
humanit>ian p>ole program = ,cam]oonians
 flee+ ?is viol5ce4  ,:]eas ,cam]oon is 
exp]i5c+ five simultane\s e?no-arm$     
conflicts t h coalesc$ into a sev]e     
humanit>ian crisis1 z id5tifi$ by !     

,unit$ ,nations & o!r int]national      
organizations1 :i* includes !           
,anglophone ,crisis1 ! ,boko ,h>am      
insurg5cy1 socioeconomic cla%es betwe5  
h]d]s1 fi%]s1 & f>m]s1 /ate-sanction$   
viol5ce1 & ! conflict spillov] f !      
,c5tral ,african ,republic2 ,:]eas ea*  
conflict has l$ to significant loss (   
life1 displacem5t1 & human rights       
violations2 ,:]eas ! ,anglophone ,crisis
 9 ! ,nor?we/ & ,s\?we/ ,regions began 9
 #bjaf ) prote/s by tea*]s & lawy]s     
aga9/ ! appo9tm5t ( local (ficials t    
*all5g$ ! ,anglophone region's s5se (   
autonomy & escalat$ into an arm$        
sep>ati/ movem5t seek+ indep5d5ce = an  
unrecogniz$ /ate call$ ,ambazonia1 & ov]
 #d1jjj civilians h be5 kill$1 m ?an    
#fjj1jjj p h be5 int]nally displac$1 &  
ov] #gj1jjj h fl$ to ,nig]ia2 ,:]eas    
educational in/itutions rema9 t>gets (  
viol5ce1 affect+ ov] #ejj1jjj *ildr51 & 
! local economy has collaps$ due to     
insecurity2 ,:]eas ! ,boko ,h>am        
insurg5cy 9 ! ,f> ,nor? ,region has     

p]si/$ s9ce #bjad1 ) ,boko ,h>am &      
,,isis-,we/ ,africa laun*+ deadly       
attacks on villages & civilians2 ,:]eas 
^! =eign t]rori/ organizations are      
responsible = m ?an #c1jjj dea?s 9 !    
,lake ,*ad ,bas91 _! t]ror has displac$ 
ov] #bej1jjj individuals1 & ! insurg5ts 
engage 9 mass abductions1 suicide       
bomb+s1 & =c$ m>riages1 t]roriz+        
communities & exac]bat+ insecurity 9 !  
region2 ,:]eas ! f>m]-h]d] & fi%]-h]d]  
cla%es are driv5 by climate *ange & l& &
 wat] sc>city1 are exac]bat$ by religi\s
 /rife betwe5 ,muslim1 ,*ri/ian1 &      
,traditional ,spirituali/ communities1 &
 entire villages & religi\s sites h be5 
de/roy$1 wors5+ int]communal relations2 
,:]eas ! political crisis affects !     
entire c\ntry1 ) ,presid5t ,paul ,biya  
ma9ta9+ p[] s9ce #aihb1 & suppress+ any 
political opposition2 ,:]eas conc]ns ov]
 ,presid5t ,biya's age1 decl9+ heal?1 & 
ability to gov]n h int5sifi$ political  
in/ability1 & security =ces h c>ri$ out 
arbitr>y arre/s1 crack$ d[n on          

opposition figures1 violat$ human       
rights1 & %ut d[n ! int]net to sil5ce   
diss5t2 ,:]eas ! conflict spillov] f !  
,c5tral ,african ,republic has          
de/abiliz$ ! ,ea/ & ,adamawa ,regions   
due to incursions by arm$ ,seleka &     
,anti-,balaka militias2 ,:]eas ! influx 
( refugees & ! movem5t ( arm$ gr\ps     
across ! bord] h increas$ viol5ce &     
crim9al activity 9 ^! regions1 &        
economic1 e?nic1 & religi\s t5sions     
betwe5 ,cam]oonian communities & ,c5tral
 ,african refugees h escalat$1 lead+ to 
fur!r in/ability2 ,:]eas1 due to ongo+  
arm$ conflict1 cont9u$ human rights     
abuses1 & o!r extraord9>y & tempor>y    
conditions 9 ,cam]oon t prev5t          
,cam]oonian nationals f safely return+  
to _! c\ntry1 ! ,dep>tm5t ( ,homel&     
,security designat$ ,cam]oon = tempor>y 
protect$ /atus 7,,tps7 9 ,april #bjbb & 
!n r$esignat$ & ext5d$ ,,tps = ,cam]oon 
9 ,octob] #bjbc1 provid+ %ort-t]m relief
 = ,cam]oonian immigrants :o h be5      
cont9u\sly resid+ 9 ! ,unit$ ,/ates s9ce

 ,octob] #e1 #bjbc2 ,:]eas rec5t cr$ible
 report+ sugge/s t ! ,trump adm9i/ration
 int5ds to all[ ! ,,tps protections     
appli$ to ,cam]oonian nationals to      
expire 9 ,june ( ?is ye>1 :i* w fur!r   
exasp]ate & exp& ! sev]ity & scope ( !  
h>m incurr$ by ! ,cam]oonian p1 & w     
likely int5sify ! ongo+ security &      
humanit>ian crisis 9 ! ,we/ ,african    
c\ntry2 ,:]eas ,cam]oonian immigrants :o
 h fl$ to ,nig]ia h previ\sly fac$      
extradition back to ,cam]oon :]e !y risk
 an unfair trial & ! possibility (      
torture2 ,:]eas ! j\rney f ,africa to   
seek refuge 9 ! ,we/]n ,hemisph]e is    
p>ticul>ly p]il\s & occasionally deadly 
= ,cam]oonian migrants1 z demon/rat$ 9  
,m>* #bjbc :5 a boat c>ry+ ne>ly #c doz5
 ,we/ ,african immigrants1 a majority ( 
:om 7 ,cam]oonian migrants en r\te to ! 
,unit$ ,/ates ,virg9 ,isl&s1 capsiz$1   
kill+ #c ,cam]oonians & lead+ to a se>* 
= #ac additional bodies t 7 nev] f\nd2  
,:]eas1 9 ,decemb] #bjbc1 ! ,european   
,union 7,,eu7 sign$ a pact to facilitate

 ! deportation ( asylum seek]s & limit  
migration to ! bloc1 leav+ ,cam]oonian  
migrants flee+ viol5ce or e?noreligi\s  
p]secution p>ticul>ly at risk2 ,:]eas   
amid /rict] ,,eu immigration policies1  
,cam]oonian asylum seek]s are increas+ly
 seek+ protection 9 ,lat9 ,am]ica & !   
,unit$ ,/ates1 :]e !y (t5 face int5se   
discrim9ation1 deta9m5t1 poor conditions
 ( conf9em5t1 & deportation2 ,:]eas1 9 !
 ,unit$ ,/ates1 despite only mak+ up    
ar\nd #g p]c5t ( ! noncitiz5 population1
 ,black immigrants repres5t ov] #bj     
p]c5t ( ^? 9 deportation proce$+s on    
crim9al gr\nds1 con/itut+ reveal+       
evid5ce ( ! disp>ate treatm5t ( ,black  
immigrants2 ,:]eas1 9 ,augu/ #bjbj1     
,cam]oonian deta9ees at ,l\isiana's ,p9e
 ,prairie ,immigration & ,cu/oms        
,en=cem5t 7,,ice7 det5tion c5t] laun*$  
_! ?ird hung] /rike t ye> to br+        
att5tion to _! exp]i5ces ( racism1      
unw>rant$ ?reats1 & excessive abuse by  
,,ice (ficials2 ,:]eas1 al?\gh only #f  
p]c5t ( migrants deta9$ by ,,ice are    

,black1 #bh p]c5t ( abuse compla9ts ov] 
a rec5t #f-ye> p]iod 7#bjaf-bjba7 7     
report$ by ,black deta9$ p]sons1 & ne>ly
 half ( ! calls 7#dc p]c5t7 by ,black   
nonb9>y-deta9$ p]sons includ$ reports ( 
abuse2 ,:]eas immigrants f majority     
,black c\ntries1 su* z ,cam]oon1 t are 9
 ,,ice det5tion facilities are s5t to   
solit>y conf9em5t at a                  
disproportionately high rate1 pay high] 
bonds1 & face m rejections = asylum ?an 
immigrants f nonmajority ,black         
c\ntries2 ,:]eas a rec5t report f ,human
 ,rights ,wat* reveals t ,cam]oonian    
au?orities1 includ+ police1 p>amilit>y  
(fic]s 7g5d>mes71 milit>y p]sonnel1 &   
o!r ,cam]oonian /ate actors h subject$  
return$ deportees1 & family memb]s ( ^? 
deportees1 to s]i\s human rights        
violations to puni% !m = flee+1 includ+ 
rape1 torture1 physical abuse1          
extortion1 arbitr>y arre/ & det5tion1 & 
inhuman & degrad+ treatm5t 9 det5tion2  
,:]eas ?is a=em5tion$ report by ,human  
,rights ,wat* fur!r indicates t1 ^u !   

arrival ( deport$ migrants back 9       
,cam]oon1 ,cam]oonian au?orities h      
confiscat$ ! id5tity docum5ts ( ^!      
,cam]oonian citiz5s 9 an attempt to     
conta91 monitor1 & possibly arre/ ^!    
individuals at a lat] date on fabricat$ 
*>ges2 ,:]eas section #bab7;d77#e77;,a7 
( ! ,immigration & ,nationality ,act    
grants ! ,secret>y ( ! ,dep>tm5t (      
,homel& ,security ! au?ority to e/abli% 
p>ole programs = urg5t humanit>ian      
reasons or significant public b5efits   
7,special ,humanit>ian ,p>ole72 &       
,:]eas1 s9ce ! creation ( ! ,humanit>ian
 ,p>ole process 9 ! #aiejs1 ! ,unit$    
,/ates ,gov]nm5t has successfully       
e/abli%$ ov] #abj diff]5t programmatic  
or categorical p>ole programs to address
 ! circum/ances ( des]v+1 at-risk       
immigrant populations f nations 9       
,europe1 ,asia1 & ,c5tral & ,s\?        
,am]ica1 b has nev] creat$ su* a program
 = any ( ! #ed ,african nations 9 !     
program's #gj-ye> hi/ory1 rais+ conc]ns 
( anti-,blackness & anti-,africanness 9 

! ,unit$ ,/ates hi/orical immigration   
policy t des]ve to be address$ &        
correct$3 ,n[1 !re=e1 be x ,t ! ,h\se ( 
,repres5tatives-- 7#a7 recognizes ! dire
 & ongo+ humanit>ian crisis =           
,cam]oonian migrants t are flee+ viol5ce
 & widespread human rights violations 9 
_! home nation1 9 addition to !         
discrim9atory treatm5t (t5 fac$ by      
,black & ,african immigrants2  7#b7     
calls on ! ,secret>y ( ,homel& ,security
 to use ! au?ority "u section           
#bab7;d77#e77;,a7 ( ! ,immigration &    
,nationality ,act 7#h ,u4,s4,c4         
#aahb7;d77#e77;,a77 to e/abli% a special
 humanit>ian p>ole program = ,cam]oonian
 nationals :o are seek+ refuge 9 !      
,unit$ ,/ates to grant ^! immigrants    
mu*-des]v$ humanit>ian relief2 &  7#c7  
urges ! ,unit$ ,/ates ,gov]nm5t to      
allocate appropriate res\rces to assi/ 9
 ! successful resettlem5t ( ,cam]oonian 
immigrants1 includ+ compreh5sive support
 = ,cam]oonians b5efitt+ f ,special     
,humanit>ian ,p>ole /atus4