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Jan 11, 2024

Humanitarian Visas and Admission Programmes: Legal Situation and Practice in Germany

This report analyzes the current humanitarian admission programmes in Germany, including individual and group admissions at the State and Federal level.

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Dec 20, 2023

CBP detaining migrants in open-air sites along the border

IRAP and six other organizations filed a formal complaint with the Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties asking for it to end Border Patrol's practice of detaining migrants at open-air sites along the U.S.-Mexico border without providing basic necessities for days at a time.

Case

Dec 19, 2023

FOIA: Refugee application and adjudication records

IRAP filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit against USCIS for unlawfully withholding application assessments, interview notes, and other records from clients’ case files as a matter of policy.

Case

Dec 18, 2023

Refugee and Human Rights Advocates File Brief on Climate Displacement to Inter-American Court

On December 15, 2023, refugee and human rights advocates submitted an amicus curiae (“friend of the court”) brief to the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (IACtHR) to inform the Court’s upcoming Advisory Opinion regarding States’ human rights obligations in the context of the unfolding climate emergency.

Press Release

Dec 13, 2023

Immigrant Rights Groups Demand Accountability for ‘Gross Violations of Human Rights’ at Open-Air Detention Sites at U.S.-Mexico Border

Seven immigrant rights organizations lodged an urgent federal complaint this week against the Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) and its Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for violating their own custody standards for asylum seekers being held in several open-air detention sites along the U.S.-Mexico border in California.

Press Release

Dec 13, 2023

Al Salihi v. Blinken: Challenging the delays in adjudicating I-730/follow-to-join petitions of an Iraqi family

This case was one in a series of cases in which IRAP is representing refugee families who are seeking to reunite in the United States. 

Case

Dec 8, 2023

TELL YOUR SENATOR AND WHITE HOUSE LEADERS: The Lives of Asylum Seekers Are Not Bargaining Chips

Asylum is under attack. Ongoing budget negotiations could permanently destroy asylum protections for the people who need it most. Tell your Senators and White House leadership that people seeking safety aren’t bargaining chips.

Action Alert

Dec 8, 2023

IRAP Rings Alarm on “Catastrophic” Push to Permanently Trade Asylum Rights for Short Term Funding Bill

In response to the latest news that the White House is willing to enact draconian Trump-like asylum restrictions to get Republican support for a one-time spending deal, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) calls on President Biden to keep his word and protect rather than dismantle the right to seek asylum in the United States.

Press Release

Dec 4, 2023

FOIA Behind the Scenes: How Do USCIS and the State Department Process Immigration-Related Requests?

Every year, IRAP files dozens of requests under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), seeking

Legal Resource

Dec 1, 2023

FOIA: Evidentiary requests in family reunification applications

IRAP filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit seeking records relating to evidentiary requests issued during the processing of family-based immigration applications.

Case

Dec 1, 2023

IRAP Denounces Proposals to Trade Away Asylum Rights

Today, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) condemned efforts by a fringe group of United States Senators to tie funding for Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel to a poison pill which would permanently gut asylum protections. The proposals would create near impossible barriers to apply for asylum and undermine humanitarian and other forms of parole.

Press Release

Nov 21, 2023

Special Immigrant Visa Resources

Access IRAP's SIV resources here.

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