IRAP Explainer on the DHS’s Mass Arrests, Detention, and Revetting of Refugees

Written By: International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP)

Source: Ready To Stay
Updated : 2/18/2026 Written : 2/2/2026

In the Nutshell

In the Explainer below, IRAP answers questions about the Trump administration’s unlawful arrests and detention of refugees in Minnesota, as well the lawsuit that IRAP, along with co-counsel Berger Montague and the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law (CHRCL), filed to challenge these unlawful arrests and detention. For impacted communities, we recommend consulting and sharing IRAP’s legal information resources on refugee detention and revetting, which include guides in English, Amharic, Arabic, Dari/Farsi, French, Haitian Kreyol, Pashto, Portuguese, Russian, Somali, Spanish, Swahili, Tigrinya, and Ukrainian, as well as information on requesting legal assistance.

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