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The Troops Can Come Home, But the Refugees Can’t

By Kate N on January 3, 2012

City Limits interviews IRAP translator and journalist Alaa Majeed and IRAP director Becca Heller about the challenges facing Iraqis who helped U.S. forces– the threats they receive in Iraq, the difficulties of resettling in the U.S. amid a massive security check backlog, and, for the lucky few who make it, the adjustment to a new [...]

Categorized as: Blog, Press Links
Tagged as: Alaa Majeed, Becca Heller, IRAP, Iraqi refugee, Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project, Obama administration, security check backlog, SIV, Special Immigrant Visa, State Department

IRAP in the Boston Herald: U.S. Inaction Betrays Iraqi Allies

By Kate N on January 2, 2012

In an op-ed appearing in today’s Boston Herald, Matias Sueldo and Natlie Bowlus outline the immediate steps that the Obama administration should take to fix a broken SIV admissions system and make good on the promise the United States made to our Iraqi allies– a promise embodied in the Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act of [...]

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Tagged as: airlift, appeal, expedite, Guam, IRAP, Iraqi refugee, security check backlog, SIV, Special Immigrant Visa

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