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A.A. et al v. United States Department of State: Challenging the State Department’s Unlawful Denials to Afghan Asylee Family Members

Family members of people granted asylum in the United States have the right to file for derivative asylum status through a formal process known as “Follow-to-Join.” On June 04, 2025, President Trump ...
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Mukantagara v. Mullin: Seeking Judicial Review of Terminations of Refugee Status

IRAP and Berger Montague, PC submitted an amicus brief in the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals in Mukantagara v. Mullin, arguing that USCIS terminations of refugee status are reviewable by federal ...
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Five Years Since Withdrawal from Afghanistan, Lawmakers and Advocates Call for Protecting Afghan Refugees

(Washington, D.C.) — On a press call held today, advocates, legal experts, and lawmakers discussed the status of Afghan refugees five years after the United States military withdrawal from Afghanistan ...
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Practice Update: A.A. v. State and Follow-to-Join Asylees From Expanded Travel Ban Countries

On July 29, 2026, in A.A. v. State, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia issued an order that vacated the Trump administration’s policy applying Proclamations 10949 and 10998, ...
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Five Years After U.S. Withdrawal, Afghan Refugees Are Abandoned Abroad and Targeted in the U.S.

(New York, NY) – August marks five years since the end of the United States military withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Taliban takeover of the country. In the time since, the United States ...