In the Explainer below, IRAP answers key questions, provides legal background, and highlights some of the errors in the government’s attempts to justify the change. For impacted communities, we ...

Today, the Trump administration posted a new interim final rule that will make it easier to strip resettled refugees living in the United States of their legal status without due process. The rule, ...

Dave O’Kelly is the Operations Director at IRAP Europe. In this role, he oversees the operational and financial functions of IRAP Europe, ensuring strategic alignment and efficient execution of ...

IRAP and the American Immigration Council are seeking information about USCIS’s processing of Afghan humanitarian parole applications. After the United States’ military withdrawal from Afghanistan, ...

Yesterday, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the Trump administration’s request to stay a previous federal court ruling in A.A. v. State. The decision affirmed the lower court’s ruling that ...

If you are a person experiencing displacement or searching for resources for a loved one experiencing displacement, please click here: Anna MacLennan, IRAP’s 2025 Policy and Communications Intern, ...

The Immigration Solutions Accelerator leverages IRAP’s expertise from representing our clients to advance lawful pathways globally that are responsive to the migration needs of the future. Visit these ...

In early January 2026, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Operation PARRIS (Post-Admission Refugee Reverification and Integrity Strengthening), described as a “sweeping initiative” ...

The Immigration Solutions Accelerator leverages IRAP’s expertise from representing our clients to advance lawful pathways globally that are responsive to the migration needs of the future. We are ...

IRAP and partner organizations filed a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s detention of immigrants at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba—an unprecedented and unlawful expansion of offshore immigration ...

On September 14, IRAP Director and Co-founder Becca Heller, was invited to speak at a panel event on The Refugee Crisis: Past and Present, organized by the Yale Alumni Nonprofit Alliance. The panel ...

Following careers in business, government, and consulting with businesses and NGOs, Brad is now retired. Brad began his career in business at Goldman Sachs where he worked in Investment Banking and in ...