As U.S. troops withdraw from Afghanistan in 2014, those who work as interpreters for the Americans will be forced out of the bases that protect them. Now one group is... read more →
"Lawyers at the nonprofit Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project work to secure visas for several hundred Afghan and Iraqi interpreters at a time. They say the approval process is complicated and... read more →
The truly incredible story of a guy named Kirk Johnson who started a list of hundreds of Iraqis who needed to get out of their country. They were getting death... read more →
Reports by rights organizations such as the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) and Human Rights First have established that much of the backlog is attributable to the complexity of the... read more →
"Advocacy group, Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project or IRAP says thousands of men and women have been waiting, many with documents stuck somewhere in the visa pipeline. Katie Reisner is the... read more →
"Refugee advocates are enthusiastic about language in the Senate bill that they say brings more parity to the Iraqi and Afghan programs by expanding visa eligibility for Afghans to more... read more →
“There are certain neighborhoods that are safer than others, and the rent in those neighborhoods has skyrocketed,” said Becca Heller, director of the Iraqi Refugee Assistance Project, a nongovernmental... read more →
19 REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC U.S. REPRESENTATIVES ASK PRESIDENT OBAMA TO EXTEND AND REFORM VISA PROGRAMS FOR IRAQI AND AFGHAN ALLIES “The U.S. has a responsibility to follow through on... read more →
The New York Times Op-Ed page today features a moving video opinion piece by Beth Murphy on the abandonment of our Iraqi allies in Iraq. Click here to view the... read more →
Iraqis who originally fled to Syria during the height of the civil war are now being forced back to Iraq, where they are greeted by more insecurity violence, the BBC... read more →