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WASHINGTON — Human Rights First’s Rob Berschinski issued the following statement in response to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s unveiling of the draft report of the Commission on Unalienable Rights:
From the beginning, the Commission on Unalienable …
Read moreWASHINGTON — Human Rights First today welcomed announcements by the U.S. government that it had implemented targeted sanctions against four Chinese government officials and one Chinese government security agency for their roles in the ongoing ethnic cl…
Read moreWASHINGTON D.C. — On April 13, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) introduced the Federal Immigrant Release for Safety and Security Together (FIRST) Act, which would direct Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to…
Read moreLOS ANGELES – A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted release to three immigrants who were detained in Adelanto ICE Processing Center and therefore at risk of contracting COVID-19 after a suit for their…
Read moreWASHINGTON – Human Rights First’s senior director for refugee protection, Eleanor Acer, made the following statement in response to the Trump administration’s new proposed rule, out today, which would bar asylum-seekers from legally working to support …
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