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Oct 23, 2024
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.
Oct 10, 2024
IRAP filed a case on behalf of itself and five Afghan nationals who were denied access to the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program without being given the explanation required by law.
Jun 27, 2024
IRAP filed a lawsuit challenging the U.S. government’s determination that a group of Afghan children aged out of eligibility to immigrate to safety in the United States because of the government’s delays in adjudicating their parents’ SIV applications.
May 14, 2024
IRAP filed a case on behalf of three Congolese families who applied and were approved for resettlement to the United States as refugees only to have their travel abruptly canceled and their refugee cases discretionarily denied without explanation.
Apr 11, 2024
IRAP filed a lawsuit on behalf of two U.S. citizens to challenge a government policy preventing Syrian refugees from accessing a family reunification pathway created to bypass years-long visa backlogs.
Mar 28, 2024
IRAP and American Families United submitted an amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Department of State v. Muñoz showcasing stories of families who, like the couple at the core of the case, were separated by consular decisions.
Mar 13, 2024
This case challenges restrictions on the ability of resettled refugees to reenter the United States after temporary travel abroad.
Feb 7, 2024
This case challenges the State Department’s denial of a visa for the Afghan spouse of a U.S. citizen because the denial failed to meet basic constitutional standards that require the State Department to provide a timely and reasoned explanation of the basis for the denial.
Dec 20, 2023
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.
Dec 19, 2023
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.
Dec 13, 2023
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.
Dec 1, 2023
IRAP filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit seeking records relating to evidentiary requests issued during the processing of family-based immigration applications.