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Sunil Varghese

@sunilrvarghese

Previously: Policy Director @IRAP, Senate Judiciary Committee/Feinstein, USCIS/Asylum, @HRIOnline.
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IRAP (@irap) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: New lawsuit challenges Trump suspension of refugee resettlement program and freeze of refugee funding. Exclusive from the The New York Times: nytimes.com/2025/02/10/us/… Read the press release: refugeerights.org/news-resources…

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Two refugee families — one from Myanmar, one from South Africa. Two very different experiences under Trump. A must-read from ⁦Silvia Foster-Frau⁩ washingtonpost.com/immigration/20…

Beth W. Bailey (@bwbailey85) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I asked SIV & USRAP allies overseas to share their feelings about the end of Enduring Welcome/the Coordinator for Afghan Relocation Efforts. I received so many responses that I'll have to write a second piece. Please keep sending them - this also goes for advocates/volunteers.

Sunil Varghese (@sunilrvarghese) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“A Turkish refugee under United Nations protection was deported from Rwanda to Turkey on Saturday with his three children, following apparent pressure from the Turkish government.” This is exactly why the Trump admin’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is so dangerous.

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"Exceptions allowed under the new travel ban will be for...Afghan Special Immigrant Visas...diplomatic, U.N. or NATO visas; athletes...immediate family member immigrant visas...immigrant visas for ethnic and religious minorities in Iran, and other national interest exceptions."

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“UNHCR, chronically underfunded and diplomatically cautious, has slid from protector to administrator.” Important questions raised here. Biometrics may support resettlement and host country systems, but tying food aid to fingerprinting is troubling. thediplomat.com/2025/06/no-fin…