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Aug 2, 2022

FOIA: Refugee, SIV, and humanitarian parole pathways for Afghans

One year after the State Department created a new refugee program for U.S.-affiliated Afghans, IRAP, represented by Hogan Lovells, filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) suit seeking records from the State Department about processing of Afghan refugee, Special Immigrant Visa (SIV), and humanitarian parole applications.

Case

Jul 20, 2022

FOIA: USCIS processing of Afghan humanitarian parole

IRAP, in partnership with the American Immigration Council and Winston & Strawn, filed FOIA litigation challenging USCIS's failure to respond to two FOIA requests seeking information about USCIS's processing of Afghan humanitarian cases.

Case

Nov 17, 2021

Learning How to Ask: Why immigration advocates should care about the FOIA’s Infosystems Requirement

Today, IRAP filed a lawsuit against DHS, USCIS, and DoS under the Freedom of Information Act. Our quarrel began when IRAP asked these agencies to produce documents and the agencies did not respond. This time, however, IRAP is after more than just documents.

Blog Post

Nov 17, 2021

FOIA: “Meta-FOIA” and agency information systems

In this case, IRAP sought to compel DHS and the State Department to publish an index and descriptions of their major information systems online, so that FOIA requestors can better understand what information agencies have and how to ask for that information.

Case

Aug 24, 2021

IRAP Launches Effort to Unmask the Secretive Work of the National Vetting Center

IRAP submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request seeking records that would shed much-needed light on the activities of the National Vetting Center and its oversight board, the National Vetting Governance Board.

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Nov 2, 2020

IRAP Database of U.S. Government Contracts Provides Vital Tool For SIV Applicants

IRAP has searched and collated publicly available information from the government and filed FOIA requests to obtain contracts related to specific companies.

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