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The International Refugee Assistance Project helps #refugees navigate #resettlement processes & works to improve relevant policy. Links/RTs ≠ endorsements.

[The Refugee Advocacy Lab @RefugeeAdvcyLab]

Almost one year ago, 400+ people from around the United States & the world signed the #WeWillWelcome pledge.
Now, we want to celebrate YOU!
Submit the act of welcome you completed! ⬇️
https://t.co/vzTbYunfbu
Want to join? Sign the #WeWillWelcome pledge! ⬇️
https://t.co/gYCsArDl7T

[IRAP @IRAP]

After Trump's #RefugeeBan stranded countless refugees abroad, @HyltonAnne came to Jordan to meet IRAP's clients. These are their stories.

IRAP continues to fight in court and on the ground to support refugees and ensure they can find a safe place to call home.

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

Many refugee families thought they’d have a second chance in the U.S. Then Trump returned to office. https://t.co/t73KqhIQhR

[IRAP @IRAP]

Must-read @DanBarryNYT article:

"He was out there somewhere, forsaken in the city where he had sought sanctuary. His damaged eyes blurring the foreign world around him, he was lost in the snow-caked Buffalo sprawl, underfed, underdressed, speaking a language few understood."

[Dan Barry @DanBarryNYT]

A half-blind refugee is left in a parking lot by Border Patrol agents who mistakenly had detained him. For six days, his family searched the cold streets of Buffalo.
Where was Nurul Amin Shah Alam?
My story; images by Brendan Bannon. https://t.co/EMNOIt2eWk

[IRAP @IRAP]

Learn more about the lawsuit here: https://t.co/X6PJQJcyvn

[IRAP @IRAP]

NEW: The Trump admin is trying to resettle more white Afrikaners at the exclusion of refugees waiting for years.

IRAP recently updated our legal challenge to the dismantling of USRAP to address this kind of discriminatory repurposing of resettlement.
https://t.co/EYTm7o86ep

[IRAP @IRAP]

ICYMI: IRAP President Sharif Aly published an op-ed in @TheHillOpinion about the stakes in yesterday's SCOTUS case to #ProtectTPS for 1.3 million people.

"The administration is seeking to abandon not only those in need but also the rule of law itself."
https://t.co/9EVd7Y0SCb

[IRAP @IRAP]

BREAKING: Today, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two class action lawsuits challenging the Trump administration’s attempts to terminate TPS for hundreds of thousands of people from Syria and Haiti.

Read the press release from the legal teams:
https://t.co/DuXN2EejZ6

[IRAP @IRAP]

Leading legal experts, affected community members, and advocates gathered on a press call for media to highlight the stakes and implications of the TPS cases before the Supreme Court on April 29th.

Join the effort to #ProtectTPS

Full recording of the call:

https://t.co/bq95RyiOwH

[IRAP @IRAP]

IRAP condemns reported plans to ship Afghan refugees who assisted the U.S. to a country they have never been to or face persecution at the hands of the Taliban upon forced return to Afghanistan. Unfortunately, this is consistent with so many inhumane and illegal policies instituted by this administration. Our allies, and all people fleeing persecution, deserve better. https://t.co/hnwqxTKAlo

[IRAP @IRAP]

Today, we hosted a press call with legal experts and impacted community members about our efforts to #ProtectTPS before the Supreme Court.

Read quotes and access the recording:
https://t.co/HyfjgQD6j1

[Youth Voices Community @youthVoicesCom]

YVC continues to build strong partnerships. Reconnecting with @IRAP reminded us why this work matters.
Behind every referral for family reunification is a family, a story, and hope.
From case referrals➡️ to systems change, we’re asking:
How do we scale impact?

[Refugee-Led Organization Network(RELON) @relonuganda]

In collaboration with @IRAP we convened 17 RLO leaders for a #FGD to explore climate pathways in Uganda.

The discussion sought to identify opportunities to strengthen RLO climate action, promote peer-to-peer learning & inform inclusive approaches to #climate programming.

[Integrated Refugee Organization (IRO) @RefugieIntegre]

We were honored to meet with @IRAP at the @relonuganda office, convening RLO leaders to discuss climate pathways in Uganda.
We explored how RLOs drive climate action and reflected on global legal protection, resettlement challenges, and funding gaps affecting refugee communities.

[IRAP @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.

"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

Read more from @jlosc9: https://t.co/XrHUEvplmQ

[IRAP @IRAP]

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..."

Full press release:
https://t.co/X6PJQJcyvn

[The Refugee Advocacy Lab @RefugeeAdvcyLab]

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 takes a deep dive into questions you may have.
Learn more👇
https://t.co/CW5qGtkM7g

[IRAP @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
https://t.co/cUV5AjluU1

[Democracy Forward @DemocracyFwd]

UPDATE: Court BLOCKS policy that would have forced the mass arrest and indefinite detention of lawfully admitted refugees.

This ruling protects refugees from the Trump-Vance admin’s attempted cruel, unlawful treatment while our case proceeds.

[IRAP @IRAP]

“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
https://t.co/gTnxRTGz4J

[IRAP @IRAP]

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: https://t.co/z7056R0Bt4