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The U.S. Government shared confidential asylum records of Iranian asylum seekers with the Iranian regime — the very murderous regime they fled.

These freedom seekers left Iran fearing imprisonment, torture, or death. Then ICE delivered them to face agents of that same regime — agents who already knew their names and their asylum information. Terrified and betrayed, many now believe the system meant to protect them is delivering them back to their persecutors.

IALDF and Public Citizen Litigation Group are suing the U.S. government to stop this illegal policy and to provide due process to those it harmed.

IALDF and Public Citizen filed suit in federal court in Washington, D.C. on July 7, 2026 — IALDF v. Rubio, case no. 1:26-cv-02375 — to strike down the policy, halt further disclosures, and ensure that every affected individual is notified.

TV Coverage

Pinned photo — MSNBC broadcast, July 10, 2026 “Lawsuit claims U.S. gave Iran details on asylum seekers.”

Reported nationwide.

Fighting for people who trusted this country.

Every asylum seeker who files an Asylum Form is told, in the government's own words, that the information they provide is confidential — that under federal regulation (8 CFR 208.6), it cannot be shared without their written consent. On the strength of that written promise, printed on the very forms the government requires, people disclose the most vulnerable details of their lives: the names of their persecutors, the addresses of their families, the reasons they fled.

That promise by the U.S. Government is broken.

IALDF exists to hold the government to its laws. We will keep fighting until every affected person is notified, the policy is struck down, and no asylum seeker is ever again punished for trusting the promises of the United States.

This fight — in court and beyond — depends on your support.

IALDF is a civil rights legal defense nonprofit organization.