Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the plight of Cameroonian immigrants and the continued turmoil and instability in the nation of Cameroon merits a designation of humanitarian parole and calling on the Department of Homeland Security to create a humanitarian parole program for Cameroonians fleeing this violence.
H. Res. 378 is a House resolution that expresses the sense of the House that Cameroonian immigrants face a dire, ongoing humanitarian crisis due to multiple conflicts in Cameroon, and that this situation warrants a specific humanitarian action. It urges the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to use existing legal authority under 8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)(A) to establish a special humanitarian parole program for Cameroonian nationals fleeing violence and persecution. The resolution also calls for allocating resources to support the successful resettlement of Cameroonian parolees in the United States. As a sense-of-the-House resolution, the bill does not itself create law or authorize funding. Instead, it signals congressional intent and requests DHS to design and implement a program to admit Cameroonians on a temporary basis for humanitarian reasons, with accompanying support for their integration and resettlement.
Key Points
- 1The resolution designates Cameroonian immigrants’ plight and Cameroon’s ongoing turmoil as a basis to seek a dedicated humanitarian parole program for Cameroonians fleeing violence.
- 2It identifies five simultaneous conflicts driving the crisis: the Anglophone crisis, Boko Haram in the Far North, farmer-herder/fisher-herder clashes, state violence against dissent, and spillover from the Central African Republic.
- 3The resolution notes that Cameroon has already benefited from temporary protected status (TPS) protections in the U.S. that could expire, and it warns that expiration could worsen humanitarian conditions.
- 4It emphasizes historical concerns about trafficking, deportation risks, and human rights abuses faced by Cameroonians both at home and in transit or in ICE detention environments.
- 5It directs DHS to use its Special Humanitarian Parole authority (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)(A)) to create a dedicated program for Cameroonians seeking refuge and to provide resources for their resettlement.