The International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP) works to organize

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s and lawyers to develop and enforce legal and

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for

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s and

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s. It was originally a project of the

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, founded and directed by

Becca Heller Rebecca Heller is a lawyer specializing in human rights. She is known for her opposition to the Trump travel ban, and for her work providing legal assistance to refugees through the International Refugee Assistance Project, which she co-founded an ...

. On December 23, 2018, IRAP became an independent

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. IRAP has offices in

, Jordan, and Lebanon. IRAP is a

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in '' International Refugee Assistance Project v. Trump'' and co-counsel in '' Darweesh v. Trump''.

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* Immigration political advocacy groups in the United States Non-profit organizations based in New York (state) Refugee aid organizations in the United States Organizations with year of establishment missing 501(c)(3) organizations {{US-philanthropy-org-stub