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Dec 19, 2023

FOIA: Refugee application and adjudication records

IRAP filed a 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 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 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

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. 

Case

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.

Case

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.

Case

Mar 30, 2022

Hussein v. Jaddou: Challenging the delays in adjudicating I-730/Follow-To-Join Petition of Somali Family

IRAP filed this lawsuit in partnership with a Somali family whose reunification was still being affected by the Muslim refugee ban after it had ended.

Case

Oct 6, 2021

Mohammad v. Blinken: Protecting Afghan families in imminent danger

IRAP sued the State Department on behalf of Mohammad, an Afghan SIV applicant who requested—but did not receive—State Department protection for his sons trapped in Afghanistan.

Case

Oct 22, 2020

Adam v. Pompeo: Challenging the delays in adjudicating I-730/Follow-To-Join Petitions for Family Reunification

IRAP filed this lawsuit in partnership with two resettled Darfuri refugees who have been waiting for a decision on their petitions for their spouses and children to join them in the United States.

Case

Jun 13, 2018

SA v. Trump: Re-opening the Central American Minors parole program

IRAP filed this lawsuit on behalf of CASA and twelve children and parents challenging the Trump Administration’s 2017 termination of the Central American Minors (CAM) parole program.

Case

Nov 13, 2017

JFS v. Trump: Challenging the refugee ban

IRAP filed this lawsuit on behalf of two resettlement agencies and several individual clients challenging the October 2017 refugee ban ordered by President Trump.

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