Press Releases

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: contact: media@projectanar.org December 20, 2022, Washington, DC Congress Failed to Include the Afghan Adjustment Act in December Omnibus, but We Continue to Push for Floor Amendment Project ANAR (Afghan Network for Advocacy and Resources), in response to the Afghan Adjustment Act not being attached to the December 2022 Omnibus Spending Bill, releases…

PRESS RELEASE Media Contact: Laila Ayub, laila@projectanar.org FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 13, 2021 225 Organizations Slam USCIS Policy on Afghans Seeking Humanitarian Protections Advocates working with Afghans seeking emergency Humanitarian Parole anticipate mass denials after USCIS announces exclusionary practices.  Two hundred twenty-five organizations have signed a letter raising concerns about the fate of thousands of…

PRESS RELEASEMedia Contact: Laila Ayub, laila@projectanar.orgFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 20, 2021120 Organizations Call for Transparency, Action Following Freeze in Afghan Humanitarian Parole Application Process Despite grassroots efforts by an Afghan-led organization to file thousands of applications, the humanitarian parole process remains frozen and opaque.Nearly 120 organizations have signed on to a letter calling for transparency and action…

PRESS RELEASEMedia Contact: Jesus Chavez, jchavez@centrolegal.org (559) 213-6841FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 12, 2021PROJECT ANAR LAUNCHES TO SUPPORT THOUSANDS OF AFGHAN REFUGEESOakland/San Francisco Bay Area – On August 14, 2021, Taliban forces took control of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul. In response to this crisis, a small team of Afghan organizers rallied advocates from across the country and began frantically working…