Fact Sheet

The U.S. Government is Forcibly Disappearing Migrants

May 1, 2025

What are enforced disappearances?

Enforced disappearances are serious human rights violations that involve three key components:

The arrest, detention, abduction, or other form of deprivation…

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The Leahy Laws and Their Relationship With Global Magnitsky Sanctions

April 24, 2025

The “Leahy Laws,” named after former U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy, refer to two statutory provisions that prohibit the U.S. government (USG) from providing assistance to…

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Questions and Answers: U.S. Sanctions on the International Criminal Court

March 19, 2025

This resource – which should not be considered legal advice – is meant to answer key questions about the International Criminal Court (ICC) and the…

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Remain in Mexico: Unlawful, Ineffective, and Must Never Return

January 10, 2025

Under the Remain in Mexico policy (RMX), the Department of Homeland Security forced asylum seekers to wait in dangerous Mexican border cities while their…

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Recommendations for Equitable Access to Asylum and Ports of Entry

September 16, 2024

The Biden administration should take urgent steps to ensure prompt and non-discriminatory access to U.S. ports of entry for people seeking asylum. The administration described…

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Saving Lives, Ending Inefficiencies

July 9, 2024

Steps to Strengthen the U.S. Asylum Adjudication System Overview

People seeking asylum in the United States now face multi-year delays as they…

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Two Weeks of the Biden Border Proclamation and Asylum Shutdown

June 20, 2024

On June 4, 2024, the Biden administration issued a presidential proclamation and immediately implemented an asylum shutdown rule

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