The International Refugee Assistance Project helps #refugees navigate #resettlement processes & works to improve relevant policy. Links/Reposts ≠ endorsements.https://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.social/post/3mltdhlnhcs2aAfter President Trump's #RefugeeBan stranded countless refugees abroad, the @newyorker.com 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. https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-jordan/the-end-of-refugee-resettlement14 May 2026 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:4xdsd7fgrkllntbkhwlgevcm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltdhlnhcs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.social/post/3mlc3l4zbyc2wNEW: The Trump administration is trying to resettle more white Afrikaners at the exclusion of refugees who have been waiting for years. IRAP recently updated our legal challenge to the dismantling of USRAP to address this kind of discriminatory repurposing of refugee resettlement. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/07/us/politics/trump-afrikaner-refugees-emergency.html07 May 2026 20:47 +0000at://did:plc:4xdsd7fgrkllntbkhwlgevcm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlc3l4zbyc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.social/post/3mkq2vlav7k2tICYMI: IRAP President Sharif Aly published an op-ed in @thehill.com 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://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/supreme-court/5853141-syrian-haitian-tps-supreme-court/30 Apr 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:4xdsd7fgrkllntbkhwlgevcm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq2vlav7k2thttps://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.social/post/3mknwpuehvk2oBREAKING: 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. #ProtectTPS Read the press release from the legal teams: https://refugeerights.org/news-resources/legal-teams-react-to-scotus-arguments-on-cases-challenging-termination-of-tps-for-haiti-and-syria29 Apr 2026 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:4xdsd7fgrkllntbkhwlgevcm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknwpuehvk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.social/post/3mkbgmm26cs2aLeading 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://refugeerights.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/TPS-SCOTUS-Press-Call-Audio-042226.mp324 Apr 2026 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:4xdsd7fgrkllntbkhwlgevcm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkbgmm26cs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.social/post/3mk4ezs5uv22yIRAP 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. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/world/europe/afghan-refugees-congo-us.html?smid=nytcore-android-share22 Apr 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:4xdsd7fgrkllntbkhwlgevcm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4ezs5uv22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.social/post/3mk4edbwibs24Today, we hosted a press call with legal experts and impacted community members about our efforts to #ProtectTPS before the Supreme Court. Quotes and a recording of the call are available on our website: https://refugeerights.org/news-resources/icymi-press-call-on-stakes-of-scotus-case-to-decide-future-of-tps-for-1-3-million-immigrants22 Apr 2026 20:42 +0000at://did:plc:4xdsd7fgrkllntbkhwlgevcm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4edbwibs24https://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.social/post/3mjnbfgqyqk2oA 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! #ProtectTPS16 Apr 2026 20:40 +0000at://did:plc:4xdsd7fgrkllntbkhwlgevcm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjnbfgqyqk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.social/post/3mjhna6fml227Thank you @nilc.org for sharing these powerful stories! #ProtectTPS [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Apr 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:4xdsd7fgrkllntbkhwlgevcm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhna6fml227https://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.social/post/3mj5l5zmw222uWe 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: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/10/trump-guantanamo-cuban-migrants10 Apr 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:4xdsd7fgrkllntbkhwlgevcm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj5l5zmw222uhttps://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.social/post/3miylqzvpvs24NEW: 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." https://refugeerights.org/news-resources/refugees-challenge-discriminatory-preference-for-white-afrikaners08 Apr 2026 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:4xdsd7fgrkllntbkhwlgevcm/app.bsky.feed.post/3miylqzvpvs24https://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.social/post/3mhqxx2fizk2d“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: https://refugeerights.org/news-resources/court-blocks-unlawful-national-refugee-detention-policy [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Mar 2026 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:4xdsd7fgrkllntbkhwlgevcm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqxx2fizk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.social/post/3mhqobfmhbk23“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 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/21/trump-administration-legal-immigration23 Mar 2026 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:4xdsd7fgrkllntbkhwlgevcm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhqobfmhbk23https://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.social/post/3mh7hqygz2k2rBREAKING: 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://refugeerights.org/news-resources/scotus-schedules-hearing-on-termination-of-tps-for-syria-and-haiti-in-april16 Mar 2026 22:06 +0000at://did:plc:4xdsd7fgrkllntbkhwlgevcm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mh7hqygz2k2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.social/post/3mgujkmx4lk2fMust-watch @pbsnews.org segment about the Trump administration's attacks on refugees and immigrants with legal status: https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=WQOsmNr4vhQ12 Mar 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:4xdsd7fgrkllntbkhwlgevcm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgujkmx4lk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.social/post/3mggawxk7kc2iJoin 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-mn06 Mar 2026 21:27 +0000at://did:plc:4xdsd7fgrkllntbkhwlgevcm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mggawxk7kc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.social/post/3mgdanurvek2c05 Mar 2026 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:4xdsd7fgrkllntbkhwlgevcm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgdanurvek2chttps://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.social/post/3mfs6oomjgc2wLupe 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...” https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/us/politics/supreme-court-deportation-syrians.html26 Feb 2026 21:54 +0000at://did:plc:4xdsd7fgrkllntbkhwlgevcm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfs6oomjgc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.social/post/3mfrq5c5omc26"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."26 Feb 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:4xdsd7fgrkllntbkhwlgevcm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrq5c5omc26https://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.social/post/3mfco5zqd7k25Join 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: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_EUVG5gESTwyUhpYGxMkDqg?_x_zm_rtaid=sEBlV5gRQciH8EJvoLjgfQ.1771341864766.3aadbc1e725f07d9830fb2b09413c402&_x_zm_rhtaid=627#/registration20 Feb 2026 17:48 +0000at://did:plc:4xdsd7fgrkllntbkhwlgevcm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfco5zqd7k25https://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.social/post/3mf7zp2et622f“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.” https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/19/politics/trump-refugees-memo-detain-immigration-hnk19 Feb 2026 16:37 +0000at://did:plc:4xdsd7fgrkllntbkhwlgevcm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7zp2et622fhttps://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.social/post/3mf7tvmxxhc2fIRAP'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: https://www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/2026/02/18/trump-immigrants-refugees-minnesota-memo/19 Feb 2026 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:4xdsd7fgrkllntbkhwlgevcm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7tvmxxhc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/irap.bsky.social/post/3mf5rhqkkuk2wNEW: 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: https://refugeerights.org/news-resources/appeals-court-protects-syrian-tps-holders-from-effort-to-strip-legal-status18 Feb 2026 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:4xdsd7fgrkllntbkhwlgevcm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf5rhqkkuk2w