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Press
Human Rights First Slams Sweeping and Racist Travel Ban That Separates Families and Endangers Lives
December 17, 2025
Washington, D.C. — Human Rights First strongly condemns yesterday’s Travel Ban proclamation vastly expanding on the discriminatory June travel and entry bans targeting nationals from…
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Trump Administration’s Halt in Processing of All Asylum Applications is Punitive, Extreme, and Undermines Our National Interest
December 3, 2025
Washington, D.C. — Human Rights First is appalled by the Trump administration’s extreme and punitive action to halt all immigration processing, including permanent residence and…
Speech
Uzra Zeya’s Remarks at the Universal Periodic Review Side Event
November 7, 2025
Thank you to the INHR for hosting this event and to my esteemed co-panelists. I also want to welcome civil society colleagues and representatives of…
Press
Human Rights First Condemns Blatantly Racist and Wholly Inadequate Presidential Determination on Refugee Admission
October 30, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Thirty days into the fiscal year, the Trump administration released their Presidential Determination on refugee admissions, slashing the annual resettlement goal to…
President & CEO Remarks: 2025 Awards Celebration
October 21, 2025
October 14, 2025 – Gotham Hall – New York, NY Good evening and welcome. It’s electrifying to be here with so many friends, supporters, and allies in one room.…
Press
Trump Administration Must Conduct Required Consultation on Refugee Resettlement with Congress and Restore Refugee Admissions
October 2, 2025
Washington DC — In the wake of the Trump administration’s failure to consult with Congress or issue annual goals on refugee resettlement by the September…
Fact Sheet
Refugee Resettlement for Fiscal Year 2026: Refugee Populations At-Risk
September 29, 2025
The Trump administration should restart resettlement with a strong initiative to bring to safety Afghan, Nicaraguan, Sudanese, South Sudanese, and other at-risk refugees who qualify…
Blog
Hajnówka Five’s Ordeal Drags on in Poland
September 3, 2025
At the end of the last session of their trial in a Białystok court today, the ordeal for five Human Rights Defenders in Poland still…
Blog
From Kabul to Idaho: One Man’s Journey to Become a Permanent Resident in the United States
September 2, 2025
When Hamid’s plan to join his wife, Zahra, in the United States was upended by the fall of Kabul, it took an entire community’s effort,…
Press
Human Rights First calls for strong and urgent U.S. diplomatic and resettlement initiatives to protect Afghans at risk of Taliban persecution
August 21, 2025
Washington, D.C. — In advance of the Government of Pakistan’s September 1, 2025, deportation deadline for Afghan refugees, Human Rights First urges the Trump administration…
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Human Rights First Urges U.S. to Protect Refugees Facing Persecution, Reject Politicization of Resettlement
August 18, 2025
Washington, D.C. — In response to reports that the Trump administration is considering capping refugee resettlement at 40,000 refugees or less for fiscal year 2026,…
Press
Board Decision Will Result in Women and Girls Being Returned to Persecution
July 18, 2025
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Board of Immigration Appeals published a decision, Matter of K-E-S-G-, finding that a particular social group defined by the individual’s…