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May 28, 2025

New Report Shows Anti-Immigrant and Anti-Climate U.S. Policies Contribute to Climate Harms and Displacement 

Today, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) and Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center released a new report in English and Spanish highlighting the dangers of the Trump administration’s anti-immigrant and anti-climate policies. The report is based on interviews IRAP conducted in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua and El Paso, Texas with 26 displaced individuals from 12 countries in January 2025.

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Sep 24, 2024

Groundbreaking Data Report Documents the Impact of Climate Change Disasters on People Seeking Immigration Relief in the United States

Today, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), Al Otro Lado, Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center, and Haitian Bridge Alliance released a groundbreaking new report providing definitive evidence that climate change and environmental disasters are substantially impacting people seeking immigration relief in the United States. The report represents the largest data analysis of its kind in the Americas.

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Mar 25, 2024

Legal Action Agenda for Climate Displacement

IRAP, alongside nine other nonprofit organizations who engage in climate action and migrant and refugee advocacy, published a legal action agenda that sets concrete steps to ensure the rights and well-being of climate-displaced people in the Americas.

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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.

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Mar 30, 2023

“They don’t care about the hurricane. [Gangs] collect the payments just the same”: New Report Highlights Impact of Climate Change…

Today, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI), and Human Security Initiative (HUMSI) released Climate of Coercion: Environmental and Other Drivers of Cross-Border Displacement in Central America and Mexico, a report analyzing the impact of climate change and climate-related disasters on people seeking humanitarian protection at the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Jan 26, 2023

Envisioning a Way Forward: Climate Displacement Legal Strategy Convening

This synthesis report presents key strategic points that were discussed in a convening on climate

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Sep 20, 2022

More than Words: Making Good on the Promise of the Central American Minors Refugee and Parole Program

A year and a half after restarting processing in the Central American Minors Refugee and Parole Program, the Biden administration has not done nearly enough to fix the CAM Program’s long-standing challenges. This report documents the inadequate status quo of the CAM Program and offers specific recommendations for the Biden administration to improve its speed and scale. 

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Jan 25, 2019

Trump’s Remain in Mexico Plan Endangers Asylum-Seeking Families

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                      January 25, 2019 PRESS CONTACT Henrike Dessaules

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Dec 10, 2018

Court Finds That the Mass Rescission of Humanitarian Parole for Central American Children Was Unlawful

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                      December 10, 2018 PRESS CONTACTS

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