📣 Applications are open for our second Refugee Fellows Program cohort!

We encourage all prospective applicants to attend our information session this week to learn more about the application process!

✨ Join us May 16 at 9 a.m. ET
🔗 RSVP: buff.ly/3UXfZBI

An Afghan refugee was denied entry to the U.S. for 6 years because a government official wrongly determined that his documentation was incorrect.

IRAP staff talked to the Washington Examiner about deficiencies in the #SIV program.
washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltwa…

Today at 6:00pm EST! Celebrate the extension and redesignation of #TPS4Ethiopia . Join our webinar to learn about eligibility, deadlines, and how you can help spread the word. Register: bit.ly/TPS4EthiopiaExt #EthiopiaCrisis

Join Rainbow Railroad, @oramrefugee and @matasiatrans for a #IDAHOBIT webinar, 'No LGBTQI+ Refugee Left Behind,' where each organization will share insights on their efforts to support LGBTQI+ refugees affected by displacement. To register: alight.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

The UN has called the recent attacks on a refugee camp in DRC a “flagrant violation of human rights and international humanitarian law and may constitute a war crime.” Congolese in the US cannot be returned to such conditions. We need #TPS4DRC now!

aljazeera.com/news/2024/5/4/…

No parent should have to give birth in a cell with no medical care or be returned to a freezing cold detention center with a newborn baby.

This Mother's Day, join us in telling CBP that all mothers deserve better.

bit.ly/CBPMothersDayP…
#MaternalHealth4Migrants

This Mother’s Day, we are joining UCLA Center for Immigration Law and Policy ACLU @SDICACLU JFS San Diego to demand CBP limit the detention of pregnant, nursing and postpartum parents.

bit.ly/CBPMothersDayP…

#MaternalHealth4Migrants #ReproJustice4Migrants

This  #MothersDay , we are overjoyed to announce that this week a federal court granted a preliminary injunction in Jane Doe's case, an important step for a refugee mother looking to return to safety with her children.

Learn more about her case:

refugeerights.org/news-resources…

The asylum ban denies equal access to asylum for people who do not speak one of the three CBP One languages, including most African, Indigenous & other people outside of the Americas.

Read our full report and recommendations: humanrightsfirst.org/library/trappe…

#ICYMI we sued CBP for disability rights
compliance records concerning CBP One.
'There should be no mystery surrounding whether CBP is compliant with federal disability law in how it processes asylum seekers with disabilities.'- Nicole Elizabeth Ramos #MigrarNoEsUnDelito
borderreport.com/immigration/no…

'The Central American Minors program is the only way that the U.S. can offer a meaningful alternative to the dangerous journey that many children undertake due to their circumstances,' Hannah Flamm to Tyche Hendricks on the importance of the CAM program.

omny.fm/shows/kqed-seg…

Home after Refugee Council USA Advocacy days w/ Rainbow Railroad volunteers from Jamaica, Indonesia, Kenya & Uganda. On the Hill, we advocated for refugee and asylum protection, funding and work authorization. So proud to see LGBTQI+ asylum seekers speaking out. Listen up Congress!

“Dangerous Precedent:” IRAP Reacts to New Asylum Restrictions Proposed by Biden Administration

Full statement ⬇️
refugeerights.org/news-resources…

An honored leading my state Illinois delegates this week, refugee leadership training, storyteller summits and the migration process for all refugees from around the world to the US.

That includes Afghan, Uganda, Sudan, South Africa, Burma etc with the 200 community leaders.