# 2025-23797: U.S. Signs Refugee Aid Pact with Paraguay's Stateless Commission

2025-23797, Agreement Between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of State and the Paraguayan National Commission for Stateless Persons and Refugees, is a Federal Register notice from Homeland Security Department published 2025-12-23, effective 2025-08-14 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-23797
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-23797
- Title: Agreement Between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of State and the Paraguayan National Commission for Stateless Persons and Refugees
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Homeland Security Department
- Citation: 90 FR 60114
- Published: 2025-12-23
- Effective: 2025-08-14
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

U.S. Signs Refugee Aid Pact with Paraguay's Stateless Commission

## Summary

The U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and State teamed up with Paraguay’s National Commission to better handle requests for protection from stateless people and refugees. This new agreement, signed in August 2025, means faster, clearer cooperation to help those in need. It affects people seeking safety and aims to improve how their cases are reviewed, with no new costs announced yet.

## Abstract

The Department of Homeland Security is publishing the Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the U.S. Department of State, on the one side, and the Paraguayan National Commission for Stateless Persons and Refugees, on the other side, for Cooperation in the Examination of Protection Requests, signed at Washington on August 14, 2025. The text is set out below.

## Effects PRIA read

- U.S.–Paraguay Cooperation on Protection Requests: benefit, medium. The U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and State and Paraguay’s National Commission agreed to cooperate in examining protection requests for stateless persons and refugees. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed on August 14, 2025 and published in the Federal Register on December 23, 2025. T…
- No New Costs Announced: benefit, low. The notice states that the new agreement was signed and published with no new costs announced. That means the document does not announce any added fees or costs tied to the cooperation agreement as of its publication on December 23, 2025.

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## Sources
- [2025-23797 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/23/2025-23797/agreement-between-the-us-department-of-homeland-security-and-the-us-department-of-state-and-the)
- [2025-23797 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-12-23/pdf/2025-23797.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-23797 (as of 2026-06-08).