Author: Project ANAR

  • ANAR Statement re: 2024 Presidential Election

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: media@projectanar.org November 6, 2024 ANAR WILL CONTINUE TO STAND WITH IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES Today, we reaffirm our story and our mission. ANAR started organically out of community-led efforts in response to urgent immigration needs. We continue to exist because those needs persist today, and regardless of who holds political power, immigrant…

  • ANAR Denounces New Round of Anti-Asylum Policies from the Biden Administration

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: media@projectanar.org June 4, 2024 | Washington, DC    ANAR DENOUNCES NEW ROUND OF ANTI ASYLUM POLICIES FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION Today, President Biden announced a set of executive actions that further erode access to asylum. In his announcement, the President said, “the simple truth is there is a worldwide migrant crisis,…

  • ANAR Opposes Senate Anti-Asylum Bill

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: media@projectanar.org February 6, 2024 | Washington, DC    Project ANAR Rejects Anti-Asylum Bill Project ANAR opposes the anti-asylum policies included in the Senate’s supplemental spending bill. We reject any measure that leverages our community members as bargaining chips to push detrimental immigration policies. We have spent weeks rallying and meeting with…

  • Launching an Asylum Workshop Series for Afghans in Removal Proceedings
  • Team Spotlight: Meet our Summer 2023 Interns

    Team Spotlight: Meet our Summer 2023 Interns

    Learn about our Summer 2023 legal services interns.

  • Advocates Call for an Investigation of Joshua Mast for Abducting an Afghan Baby

    FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 22, 2023 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Contact: media@projectanar.org Project ANAR leads Advocates in Calling for An Investigation of Major Joshua Mast’s Actions in Relation to Afghan Child On June 22, 2023, Project ANAR led a diverse coalition of more than 20 Afghan community, faith-based organizations, and groups consisting of immigration, refugee, and…

  • Afghan American Community Organizations Welcome Court Ruling

    PRESS RELEASE AFGHAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS WELCOME COURT RULING AFFIRMING ASSETS BELONG TO THE AFGHAN PEOPLE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, February 22nd 2023 PRESS CONTACT: Laila Ayub, media@projectanar.org Washington D.C. – A coalition of Afghan American community organizations welcomes a judgment by a federal judge that rejects a bid to seize assets by the families…