Fact Sheet

Guantanamo Provisions in the FY2017 NDAA

April 26, 2017

The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17 NDAA) contains several provisions that make it very difficult to transfer detainees from Guantanamo Bay.…

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Sebastian Gorka: A Deeper Look at Controversial Allegations

April 25, 2017

Credible reports continue to suggest that Sebastian Gorka, Deputy Assistant and senior counter-terrorism advisor to President Trump, has over the course of his career maintained…

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Sebastian Gorka: A Deeper Look at Controversial Allegations

April 25, 2017

Credible reports continue to suggest that Sebastian Gorka, Deputy Assistant and senior counter-terrorism advisor to President Trump, has over the course of his career maintained…

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Crackdown on Gay Men in Chechnya

April 20, 2017

GET THE FACTS: CRACKDOWN ON GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN IN CHECHNYA Gay and Bisexual Men in Chechnya Under Attack

On April 1, 2017, independent Russian…

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Crackdown on Gay Men in Chechnya

April 10, 2017

The Current Situation

On April 1, 2017, independent Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported that Chechen authorities detained more than one hundred gay men over the prior week…

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President Trump’s Revised Refugee and Immigration Executive Order

March 7, 2017

On March 6, 2017, President Trump signed a revised executive order, “Protecting The Nation From Foreign Terrorist Entry To The United States.” The order imposes…

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LGBT Refugees and President Trump’s Refugee Ban Executive Order

March 7, 2017

President Trump signed a revised executive order on March 6 in response to a court-ordered stay of his January 27 order that barred the resettlement…

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Asylum Under Threat: Impact of President Trump’s Immigration Executive Orders and the Department of Homeland Security’s Memoranda on Asylum Seekers

February 22, 2017

On January 25, 2017, President Trump issued two executive orders addressing U.S. immigration policies, entitled “Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements” and “Enhancing Public Safety…

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