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Under the second Trump administration, refugees, asylees, and others in humanitarian statuses face a host of new risks and concerns when deciding whether to travel internationally. IRAP and ASISTA, with the support of the Ready to Stay Coalition, have developed a toolkit for legal practitioners advising clients in humanitarian statuses about international travel.
Legal practitioners can download the full toolkit here, and we have separated the toolkit into its three parts that you can view below:
- Legal Advisory – a legal analysis of heightened risks under the Trump administration and protecting humanitarian immigration status generally
- Best Practices – detailed tips for legal practitioners as they counsel clients through different steps of the process and a template port-of-entry letter
- Checklist – a tool for legal practitioners to spot issues in screening and counseling
We are also working on a guide for refugee applicants and impacted communities and we will share that on this webpage when it is ready. For readers seeking resources for clients and communities, IRAP’s legal information website has additional information on travel and other topics in multiple languages, and ASISTA’s website has other resources for survivors and advocates.
This resource is intended for a legal practitioner audience. It is provided for informational purposes only and not as legal advice.
Full Toolkit
Practice Advisory
Best Practices
Checklist
This resource is intended for a legal practitioner and legal advocacy audience. This practice advisory is provided for informational purposes only and not as legal advice. If you would like more general legal information about refugee resettlement in English, Spanish, Arabic, Dari, Pashto, and other languages, or to request help from IRAP, please use IRAP’s Legal Information website. On that website you can find IRAP’s page with Information about Changes to US Policies By 2025 Trump Administration.
This resource was published in August 2025 and does not reflect any legal changes since publication. Please see IRAP’s Legal Practitioner Resources page for newer resources and additional information for legal practitioners.
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