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Nov 13, 2025

FOIA: Releasing records on the travel ban

IRAP filed a lawsuit against DOS, DHS, USCIS, and CBP challenging their refusal to respond to a FOIA request seeking disclosure of their policies implementing the travel ban.

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Oct 23, 2025

A.A. et al v. United States Department of State: Challenging the State Department’s Unlawful Denials to Afghan Asylee Family Members

IRAP filed a representing a group of individual plaintiffs seeking to halt the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Syria.

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Sep 16, 2025

Pro bono family reunification delays project

IRAP has represented, and continues to represent, a number of clients who entered the United States as refugees in securing faster family reunification.

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Jun 25, 2025

FOIA: Releasing records on the green card freeze for refugees and asylees

IRAP has filed lawsuits against USCIS challenging their refusal to respond to FOIA requests seeking the disclosure of records related to the Trump Administration's slate of vetting policies that threaten to delegalize and impact the stability and safety of hundreds of thousands of refugees and asylees.

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Oct 23, 2024

FOIA: Shedding light on family reunification processing delays

IRAP filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit against United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) seeking records relating to the refugee and asylee follow-to-join (FTJ) family reunification process.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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Jan 5, 2023

Refugee family reunification delay litigation

IRAP has represented, and continues to represent, a number of clients who entered the United States as refugees in securing faster family reunification.

Case

Jun 15, 2022

Kulas v. Jaddou: Challenging the delays in adjudicating I-730/follow-to-join petitions of Sri Lankan 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. 

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Jun 2, 2022

Texas v. Biden: Defending the Central American Minors program

IRAP moved to intervene in the Texas case on behalf of several parents in the United States who are seeking to reunite or remain united with their children through the CAM Program.

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Apr 6, 2022

Mohamud v. DHS: Challenging the continuing impact of the Muslim refugee ban

IRAP filed a lawsuit in partnership with a Somali family who were on the verge of being reunited the day the former Trump Administration issued its Muslim refugee ban.

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