NEW YORK – Calling on governors and state health officials to use their authority to act in the interest of public health and protect immigration detainees, Human Rights First, Amnesty International USA and Physicians for Human Rights asked that these …
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Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis While Protecting Asylum Seekers
A downloadable version of this letter may be found here:Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis While Protecting Asylum Seekers PDF
Responding to the COVID-19 Crisis While Protecting Asylum Seekers
Read moreTestimony of Ira N. Forman for the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environment hearing on Resisting Anti-Semitism and Xenophobia in Europe
20.01.29 Forman HFAC Testimony.pdf
20.01.29 Forman HFAC Testimony.pdf
Tuesday, January 28, 2020 – 1:30pmTestimony of Ira N. Forman for the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, Energy, and the Environme…
Read moreHuman Rights First Calls for Accountability for Governments Which Encourage Hate
As House Examines Rise of Anti-Semitism in Europe, Human Rights First Calls for Practical Policy Solutions to Create Accountability for Governments Which Encourage Hate
Read moreHuman Rights First Statement on New Proposed Rule to Stop Refugees from Working
WASHINGTON – 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 …
Read moreBanning Legal Observers from Asylum Hearings Next Step under Cruel Remain in Mexico
New Citizenship Rule for Children of Some U.S. Troops Self-Defeating, Cruel
Washington, D.C. – In response to a change in USCIS policy affecting the ability of children of some U.S. citizens and their families who are spending time abroad in service of our country, Human Rights First President and CEO Michael Breen issued the …
Read moreDiverse Coalition Calls for Disbanding State Department Commission on Unalienable Rights
Washington, D.C.—Human Rights First today, in partnership with nearly 180 human rights, faith-based, civil liberties, professional, academic, and social justice organizations, as well as 250 former senior government officials, foreign policy experts, s…
Read moreNew Directive On Credible Fear Interviews Subverts Due Process
Washington, D.C.—In response to reports of a new directive from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Acting Director Ken Cuccinelli that would allow asylum officers to conduct credible fear interviews 24 hours after asylum seekers arrive in the Un…
Read moreRefugee, Human Rights Groups Issue Policy Solutions to Central American Humanitarian Crisis
New York City—Human Rights First today, in partnership with more than a dozen refugee and regional human rights organizations, released a new blueprint offering concrete steps to manage the humanitarian crisis at the U.S.
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