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# Private Sponsorship: Revolution in Immigration Policy 

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June 30, 2023 12 - 1 PM EDT 

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Vice President of Policy and Practice, Wel​come​.US

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The Biden administration recently launched ambitious private sponsorship programs for Ukrainians, Venezuelans, Haitians, Cubans, and Nicaraguans, which could be the largest expansion of legal migration in decades. These initiatives create new legal opportunities for Americans to sponsor foreigners from these troubled countries for legal entry and residence in the United States. The new entry categories have already facilitated hundreds of thousands of legal entries and are helping reduce unlawful migration across the U.S.-Mexico border. What is the sponsorship experience like? How can the government improve upon these policies? What can be done to expand the program to immigrants from other countries? Explore these issues and others with Cato’s panel of experts.

**Luncheon to follow**

### Additional Resources

- “[We Sponsored Refugees under a New Biden Program. The Results Were Astonishing](https://www.cato.org/commentary/we-sponsored-refugees-under-new-biden-program-results-were-astonishing),” Ilya Somin, January 3, 2023
- “[Why Legal Immigration Is Nearly Impossible](https://www.cato.org/policy-analysis/why-legal-immigration-nearly-impossible),” David J. Bier, June 13, 2023
- “[Biden’s Plan to End the Border Crisis Is Already Working](https://www.cato.org/commentary/bidens-plan-end-border-crisis-already-working),” David J. Bier and Alex Nowrasteh, February 19, 2023

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