On Sunday CNN's Michael Holmes interviewed Captain Matt Zeller, co-founder of No One Left Behind, about the failings of the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program in Iraq and Afghanistan. The... read more →
Representative Earl Blumenauer writes today in the Huffington Post, identifying what Congress must accomplish before the end of 2014. Blumenauer argues that the Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program requires urgent... read more →
This week the Huffington Post featured a piece about IRAP's client Mohammad, an interpreter from Afghanistan who was recently interviewed on HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. In working... read more →
Following the segment about Special Immigrant Visas (SIVs) on HBO's Last Week Tonight, a blog piece published by the Council on Foreign Relations asks: why is a comedian the only... read more →
Sergeant Paul Braun was serving near Basra, Iraq when he met Philip, an Iraqi interpreter. Paul and Philip grew extremely close over the ensuing months, and Paul eventually sponsored Philip's... read more →
An op-ed piece published in Roll Call urges Congress to allocate more visas to Iraqis and Afghans under the Special Immigrant Visa program. Congress has demonstrated that the issue is beyond partisanship,... read more →
A report in Foreign Policy explores the bureaucratic delays currently hindering Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) programs in Iraq and Afghanistan, and their consequences. Significant obstacles bar eligible candidates from obtaining... read more →
According to The New York Times, several international refugee agencies expressed fear this week that Jordan had closed its border to Syrian refugees. Although the Jordanian government insists it has... read more →
A report in The Guardian yesterday probed why the US has accepted so few Syrian refugees. Since the start of the war in Syria in 2011, more than 3 million... read more →
An Al Jazeera story published earlier today discusses Afghan interpreters currently protesting outside the US embassy in Kabul. Many of the interpreters worked with the US military in the southern... read more →