BREAKING: The Trump administration has announced it will review the status of all Iranian green card holders who entered the country after January 20, 2021, potentially revoking them, based on vague criteria — while also pausing all immigration and asylum applications filed by people from the 19 countries in the travel ban, including Iran.
If you are or could be impacted by these changes and are interested in litigation to challenge it, please fill out this form and a NIAC staff member will be in touch with you.
Read our comprehensive FAQ here on what this means.
🚨 President Trump issued a Presidential Proclamation on June 4, 2025 suspending entry into the United States for nationals of twelve countries – Afghanistan, Burma, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.
🚨 In the wake of a disturbing spike in racially motivated immigration arrests, deportations, and other Trump efforts to attack the immigration rights of Iranian Americans living in the U.S., we have created this FAQ for Iranian Americans focused on knowing your rights at home in the U.S., immigrant defense and preparedness.
We will update it to respond to current events as soon as able. Click below for initial details.
Resources
- FAQ Immigrant Defense in Persian and English
- IABA Resource: Overview of the 2025 Travel Ban (English)
- IABA’s Know Your Rights: Citizens and Lawful Permanent Residents Re-Entering the U.S. (English) (فارسی)
- Social Media Advisory Ahead of Travel Ban and Amid Escalating Legal Threats
- Memo: US Policy Challenges for Iranian Students, in Persian and English
- Detention Watch Network’s Toolkit to Fight Detention & Deportations
- ACLU’s Know Your Rights: Law Enforcement at the Airport, in Persian and English
- ACLU’s Know Your Rights: What to do with anti-Immigrant and anti-Muslim discrimination, in Persian and English
- ACLU’s Know Your Rights: Can Border Agents search for electronic devices? Available in English here
- ACLU’s Know Your Rights: What to do if you think you’re on a No Fly List, available in English here.
فارسی
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LEGAL
The following lawyers have experience dealing with the Iranian community and could offer legal services or advice:
Mahsa Khanbabai | مهسا خانبابایی
+1-508-297-2065 | [email protected] | Student, Employment, & Family immigration and Visas
Curtis Morrison | کورتیس موریسون
+1-858-343-2422 | Consular Representation and Adjustment of Status
Babak Yousefzadeh | بابک یوسف زاده
+1-415-774-3191 | [email protected] | Class Action
Layli Eskandari | لیلی اسکندری
+1-770-551-2700 | [email protected] | Family and Employment-based Immigration
Atessa Chehrazi | آتسا چهرازی
+1-415-986-4559 | [email protected] | Employment-based Immigration
Nikka Kianpour | نیکا کیانپور
+1-818-414-7365 on WhatsApp | nikka@
List of Attorneys and Legal Organizations Offering Free and Low-Cost Legal Assistance – compiled by The Arab Resources & Organizing Center (AROC)
STATE SPECIFIC COMMUNITY RESOURCES
Legal Resources compiled by the Arab Resources & Organizing Center:
Legal Community Resources compiled by the New York Immigration Coalition:
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Watch NIAC's 2025 Deportation Defense Training
On September 17, 2025, NIAC — along with Asian Law Caucus and the New York Civil Liberties Union — hosted a special training on building community power to equip our communities for successful defense against unjust detentions and deportations. You can find a full recording of the event as well as the event slides with key information covered during the event at this webpage: https://niacouncil.org/2025-deportation-defense-training/
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