IRAP

“Just as we previously blocked the Trump administration from terrorizing refugees in Minnesota, we have now stopped this policy of illegal arrest and detention from being carried out on a national scale." - IRAP refugeerights.org/news-resources…

“They are looking for every way to make the undocumented population as enormous as possible. It’s the great de-legalization campaign, rendering vulnerable to detention and removal millions of people who were not here unlawfully." - Ghita Schwarz, IRAP theguardian.com/us-news/2026/m…

BREAKING: Today, the Supreme Court decided to consolidate two separate lawsuits challenging the termination of TPS for Syria and Haiti respectively and scheduled oral arguments for the end of April. Read our press release: refugeerights.org/news-resources…

Mohommad Nazeer Paktyawal's death in ICE custody over the weekend is heartbreaking and IRAP calls for a transparent investigation into his death. He was evacuated from Afghanistan due to his work with U.S. Special Forces and lived in Texas with his family. Read their statement: x.com/afghanevac/sta…

Must-watch @NewsHour segment about the Trump administration's attacks on refugees and immigrants with legal status: youtube.com/watch?app=desk…

BREAKING via @AP: “Minnesota refugees can now live their lives without fear that their own government will snatch them off the street and imprison them far from loved ones.” -- Kimberly Grano, IRAP. apnews.com/article/immigr…

BREAKING: We’re suing to block the Trump-Vance admin’s policy ordering the mandatory arrest and potentially indefinite detention of lawfully admitted refugees. The admin is using its failure to process green card applications to target refugees for deportation. We will see them in court.

Lupe Aguirre, senior litigation attorney at IRAP, via @nytimes: The administration’s “push to strip valued community members of their legal status and send them back to danger in Syria is unconscionable...” nytimes.com/2026/02/26/us/…

"The death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam highlights the neglect and abuse immigrants with disabilities face every day, as well as DHS's cruel practice of releasing people alone in the streets with no way to contact their families or get safely home. The systemic failure to identify and accommodate disability in immigration processes continues to result in senseless tragedies. We must ensure the life and dignity of people with disabilities is protected." - @eyoussefian, IRAP Director of Disability Inclusion and Accessibility

EXPLAINER: @IRAP is answering questions about the Trump administration’s unlawful arrests & detention of refugees in Minnesota, as well the lawsuit filed to challenge these unlawful actions. Take a closer look at the explainer⬇️ refugeerights.org/news-resources…

“This memo is part of a broad and concerted effort to strip refugees of their legal status and render them deportable. This gov't will clearly stop at nothing to terrorize refugee communities, and really all immigrants, while trampling over our constitutional rights.” cnn.com/2026/02/19/pol…

IRAP's Laurie Ball Cooper on DHS's plans to detain refugees: “I am concerned that the Feb. 18 memo and the indiscriminate detention of refugees in Minnesota are the opening salvos in an attack on refugees resettled all over the United States.” Read more: washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

Lupe Aguirre, Senior Litigation Attorney at IRAP: “The court order protecting thousands of Syrian community members from an immediate and catastrophic loss of legal status remains in effect and we will continue to fight this illegal termination in court...”

NEW: Yesterday, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a District Court order that delays the Trump Admin’s termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Syria while the legal case moves forward. Read our press release: refugeerights.org/news-resources…

Read the full article here: newyorker.com/news/annals-of…

From our lawsuit challenging the new policy: “No statute authorizes these warrantless arrests. ICE’s own guidance states that there is no authority to detain refugees merely because they have not yet adjusted their status.”

Important article by @JonathanBlitzer on the government's efforts to strip legal immigrants and refugees of their status and render them deportable.

"Compliance with the law is long overdue, and IRAP will continue to hold the government accountable to our Afghan allies who are still at risk from the Taliban." Read more about the current status of the SIV Program: reason.com/2026/02/11/spe… via @reason