As it stands, the paucity of reliable federal data on the stateless, the lack of a designated path to legal status for them under US law, and the indifference of government agencies contribute to the vulnerability and isolation of these populations. [...] Section II describes the causes of statelessness, the legal context faced by stateless persons in the United States, CMS’s profiles of populations that are potentially stateless or potentially at risk of statelessness in the United States, and descriptions of certain populations not included in CMS’s estimates. [...] It incorporates quantitative and qualitative research approaches to attempt to estimate the size of the population of potentially stateless persons or those potentially at risk of statelessness in the United States, to profile distinct populations, and to document their situations, challenges and lived experiences. [...] The interviews provided insights into the lived experiences and challenges of stateless persons, and supplemented the CMS profiles of the potentially stateless or those potentially at risk of statelessness in the United States. [...] The US Refugee Act of 198022 sought to harmonize US law with the international standards for refugee protection set forth in the 1951 United Nations Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees.23 However, the United States has not ratified the 1954 Convention or the 1961 Convention, and it lacks a designated legal framework on statelessnes.
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