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BREAKING: Trump admin lays groundwork for mass deportation of resettled refugees with new regulation.
"This regulation represents another escalation against immigrants with lawful status and these tactics lay the groundwork for the mass de-documentation and deportation of refugees. IRAP calls on USCIS to rescind the rule immediately and for Congress to exercise its authority to prevent this injustice from being carried out.”
refugeerights.org/news-resou…
IRAP retweeted
📈NEW POLL: @RefugeeAdvcyLab, @RefugeesIntl & @DataProgress find that voters across party lines still strongly support the US refugee program, oppose current US immigration enforcement policies, & overwhelmingly support a path to citizenship for immigrants
refugeeadvocacylab.org/resou…
ALT Image reads, “New poll. Two-thirds of voters back the U.S. refugee program, majorities oppose current U.S. immigration enforcement policies.” Image also includes, from left to right, the Refugee Advocacy Lab, Refugees International, and Data for Progress logos across the bottom of the image. The background of the image is a photo of a rally in support of refugee resettlement.
NEW: The 10th Circuit issued a decision upholding the due process rights of refugees.
"Refugee status is a matter of life or death... judicial review is critical to ensuring refugees are not sent back to danger without due process."
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NEW: The 4th Circuit denied Trump admin's request to apply the travel ban to asylee family members.
“We are overjoyed that asylees will continue to be able to reunite with their families in safety in the U.S. as a result of this decision.”
Read more: refugeerights.org/news-resou…
BREAKING: The new Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions continues to prioritize refugee admissions for white Afrikaners while blocking vulnerable refugee populations from resettlement. refugeerights.org/news-resou…
Happening NOW!
TODAY: IRAP VP of U.S. Legal Programs Laurie Ball Cooper will testify before the Minnesota Truth Council about the Trump admin's unlawful targeting of resettled refugees during Operation PARRIS. Watch our testimony around 3:30 ET/2:30 CT: youtube.com/@MinnesotaTruthC…
TODAY: IRAP VP of U.S. Legal Programs Laurie Ball Cooper will testify before the Minnesota Truth Council about the Trump admin's unlawful targeting of resettled refugees during Operation PARRIS. Watch our testimony around 3:30 ET/2:30 CT: youtube.com/@MinnesotaTruthC…
IRAP is launching the Immigration Solutions Accelerator, a strategic policy and advocacy shop dedicated to advancing lawful pathways rooted in the rights of displaced people. Stay updated at refugeerights.org/immigratio…
IRAP retweeted
Where Are We Now- 5 Years Since U.S. Withdrawal in Afghanistan Virtual Press Conference. #AfghanEvac, @IRAP, @CWS_global, @project_anar joined by @repdonbacon and @repjuliejohnson. Tune in NOW!. xitter.cf/i/broadcasts/1aKbdEMzY…
August marks 5 years since the end of the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Today, IRAP released an explainer about how the U.S. government has turned its back on Afghans, including those who risked their lives to support the U.S. mission:
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BREAKING: A federal court allows termination of #TPS to proceed for nearly 4,000 people from Burma.
“I am devastated by the court’s ruling and terrified of what will happen if I’m forced to return to Burma."
Read the full press release:
refugeerights.org/news-resou…
Must-read overview of IRAP's court win from @DanGooding in @Newsweek.
"The ruling represents one of the most significant judicial setbacks to the administration's travel restrictions since Trump reinstated and expanded country-based entry bans in 2025."
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BREAKING: A federal judge just ruled Trump's travel ban doesn’t apply to asylum-seekers, and ordered the U.S. government to reunite Afghan asylees with family members.
Read the full press release: refugeerights.org/news-resou…
Many Syrian and Haitian #TPS holders have lived in the U.S. for more than a decade. Now they face losing work authorization and potential detention and deportation to danger.
Congress must pass the Dream and Promise Act and the TPS Review Act.
Read more: refugeerights.org/news-resou…
Important update: despite misleading information previously published on the USCIS website, no TPS-designated country lost work authorization today.
TPS information is changing fast. Stay updated:
bit.ly/TPS-en
IRAP retweeted
As we celebrate the freedoms promised by the American founding, we seek to offer those same freedoms to refugees in search of safety, liberty & prosperity.
Urge your state & local elected officials to sign onto the #FreedomToWelcome letter.
tinyurl.com/FreedomToWelcome
"As we celebrate the Supreme Court upholding the constitutional right to birthright citizenship, our hearts are with the TPS holders facing the imminent loss of their right to live and work in the United States as a result of the Court's decision last week. Many have children born in the U.S.--whose rights to citizenship have been upheld today--and face potential family separation unless Congress acts now." - Ghita Schwarz, IRAP Senior Director of U.S. Litigation