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Refugees & Asylum
The right to asylum is under attack. For nearly 50 years, Human Rights First has been a leader in the asylum advocacy space, ...
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Human Rights First Analysis of the Trump Administration’s Initial Immigration Executive Actions
On the first day of the Trump-Vance Administration, the President issued a host of anti-immigrant and -refugee Executive Orders that undermine our national security, tarnish our global reputation, and ...
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Jailing Immigrant Families Inflicts Severe Harms and Wastes Resources
Detention of immigrant families inflicts irreversible harm. Medical experts, international authorities, members of Congress, ...
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Jailed Vietnamese Human Rights Defender Wins Baldwin Medal of Liberty
Human Rights First announced today that climate rights activist and lawyer Dang Dinh Bach, jailed in Vietnam since June 2021, ...
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Freeze in Foreign Aid Harms Human Rights Defenders, Damages U.S. Interests
In response to the Trump administration’s decision to freeze almost all foreign aid, Human Rights First’s President and CEO Sue Hendrickson issued the following statement: U.S. funding has been a ...
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More than 1 Million People Who Entered the United States with Government Authorization Are Threatened with Summary Deportation
In addition to the slew of anti-asylum, -refugee, and -immigrant orders that started the Trump administration’s tenure in office, a new directive issued on Thursday threatens over one million people ...
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Human Rights First Condemns Rights-Violating Executive Orders
This week, the Trump administration announced its policy priorities and agenda in a series of cruel, brazenly overreaching executive orders that recklessly disregard human rights and the rule of law.