#ProtectTPS "Unfortunately, I was part of the team that dismantled [TPS]. Countries I'd written up as unsafe a few months earlier were supposed to be safe now. It was a complete farce." - former USCIS policy analyst via The New York Times

A recent @nytimes report on Trump admin DHS officials included this revealing quote on the Admin’s attempts to terminate TPS.

On April 29, we’re fighting for TPS before the Supreme Court! #ProtectTPS

Thank you @nilc.org for sharing these powerful stories! #ProtectTPS

"Time and again, we have seen the U.S. government try to use Guantánamo as a legal black hole to mistreat migrants, subjecting them to inhumane conditions and interfering with both their right to seek protection in the United States and their right to counsel." -Pedro Sepulveda, IRAP

We are proud to join dozens of human rights organizations to oppose a plan for the mass detention of Cuban immigrants at Guantánamo Bay.

Read more in the @theguardian.com:

If you are a refugee living in the United States, you may have questions about what your status means and how to protect yourself and those you love.
This resource from @irap.bsky.social takes a deep dive into questions you may have.
Learn more👇

Refugees Arrive in United States Under Court Order

NEW: Refugees are challenging the Trump admin's discriminatory preference for Afrikaners in court

“USRAP has been transformed into a discriminatory entity serving a 95% white population at the expense of refugees who have waited years for the chance to safely resettle in the United States."

HAPPENING THIS MORNING! 🏛️ The Supreme Court is considering a case with major implications for the rights of people seeking safety at the U.S.-Mexico border.

“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." - Laurie Ball Cooper, IRAP

Read more: refugeerights.org/news-resourc...

How the Trump administration is undermining legal immigrants The US has been targeting not only people who have violated the law but many who are in the country legally

“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, U.S. Litigation Director at IRAP

Breaking News: SCOTUS schedules hearing on termination of TPS for Syria and Haiti in April

“We hope the Supreme Court will see the government's attempt to strip away the lawful status of thousands of Syrian TPS holders who have been living and working in the U.S. for years for what it is–unlawful and wrong.” - Lupe Aguirre, IRAP

For the moment, more than 6,100 Syrians will continue to be protected from losing their legal status and work authorization and potentially from being forced to return to danger in Syria until the Supreme Court issues further decisions.

The fight isn't over. Take action to tell your elected officials to protect TPS: bit.ly/syria-tps

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-resourc...

Minnesota immigration crackdown continues to spark fear among people in U.S. legally YouTube video by PBS NewsHour

Must-watch @pbsnews.org segment about the Trump administration's attacks on refugees and immigrants with legal status:

Join us on March 11 for a webinar explaining the current situation for refugees in Minnesota and their ongoing lawsuit. Live interpretation will be available in Somali and Dari.

Join at bit.ly/webinar-mn

Purple graphic with white text reading "Statement: The escalating conflict between the United States, Israel, Iran, and associated groups poses a grave risk to all civilians, including IRAP’s staff in Lebanon and Jordan and our clients across the region. Displaced people and refugees in Iran and Lebanon are particularly vulnerable due to the ongoing airstrikes. In Lebanon, civilians, including refugees, also face an Israeli ground invasion with mass evacuation orders of major cities and many villages, resulting in ongoing displacement. In this time of chaos and upheaval, IRAP calls for adherence to international law and the protection of all civilians, including refugees." At the bottom of the graphic is the logo of IRAP, the International Refugee Assistance Project.

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 administration is using its failure to process green card applications to target refugees for deportation. We will see them in court.

Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to End Protections for Syrian Migrants

Lupe Aguirre, senior litigation attorney at IRAP, via
@nytimes.com:

The administration’s “push to strip valued community members of their legal status and send them back to danger in Syria is unconscionable...”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/u...

"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."

- Elham Youssefian, IRAP Director of Disability Inclusion and Accessibility

"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."

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: A Pact that Excludes: Presentation and Exchange on gaps faced by asylum seekers and migrants with disabilities in Europe. After registering, you will receiv... The European Disability Forum and the International Refugee Assistance Project invite you to the launch a new briefing that analyses the EU Asylum and Migration Pact from a disability perspective. ...

Join us on February 26 at 9am ET for a webinar where we discuss the findings and share insights of a new briefing we will publish alongside the European Disability Forum that analyzes the EU Asylum and Migration Pact from a disability perspective.

Register today:

us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Today, the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law team and our trusted partners at The Advocates for Human Rights, @bergermontague.bsky.social, and @irap.bsky.social will be arguing in the UHA v. Bondi case at the Minneapolis Federal Courthouse. 

Stay tuned for updates on the case!

Trump administration expands ICE’s ability to detain legal refugees in latest memo | CNN Politics The Department of Homeland Security is broadening federal immigration authorities’ ability to detain legal refugees who have not yet obtained green cards, citing national security concerns and the nee...

“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.”

www.cnn.com/2026/02/19/p...

New DHS memo outlines plan to detain refugees for further vetting Resettlement organizations said the updated guidance represents a dramatic shift in how refugees are treated after being legally permitted to enter the United States.

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:

www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

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...”

Appeals Court Protects Syrian TPS Holders from Effort to Strip Legal Status | International Refugee Assistance Project

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-resourc...

From our lawsuit challenging the arrest and detention of refugees in Minnesota: “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.”

The article features "Anna", a refugee from Central Africa, who was arrested and detained as part of a "re-vetting" operation, "to look for grounds to strip [refugees] of their status retroactively."

How Legal Immigration Became a Deportation Trap Under Trump, the Homeland Security agency responsible for processing visas and green cards has become a site for easy arrests.

Important article by @jonathanblitzer.bsky.social on the government's efforts to strip legal immigrants and refugees of their status and render them deportable. www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

Special immigrant visa program needs resuscitation, but it's not dead yet Our Afghan allies deserve better treatment from the Trump administration as many live under uncertainty during a visa pause.

"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/s... via @reason.com

Today one year ago we filed Pacito v. Trump, our lawsuit challenging the suspension of refugee resettlement to the US. Josephine is one of the plaintiffs who was able to successfully resettle and join her family, but the fight to keep resettlement open to many more families seeking safety continues.

Irregular migration in Europe falls 26% - Frontex data tells a different story to far-right populist rhetoric - EU Reports Irregular migration in Europe fell 26% in 2025 to its lowest level since 2021, according to Frontex, despite rising anti-immigration rhetoric.

IRAP Europe's Legal Director Peter Varga on recent shifts in EU immigration policy towards externalization, "whose primary goal is to keep people out of Europe, despite credible and persistent reports of grave human rights abuses...”
eureports.com/2026/02/irre...

Federal Court Rules Government Must Process Visa Applications of Afghan Allies | International Refugee Assistance Project

NEW: On Friday, a federal court ordered the Trump administration to abide by a plan to adjudicate SIV applications in a timely manner.

While the expanded travel ban continues to prevent all Afghan nationals from entering the U.S., COM processing must resume immediately: