Fact Sheet

Trump’s Refugee and Immigration Executive Order

January 31, 2017

The order discriminates against Muslims, imperils refugees, and degrades U.S. national security and global leadership.

The executive order of January 27, 2017, titled “Protecting the…

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President Trump’s Draft Executive Order on Detention and Interrogation

January 26, 2017

On January 25, 2017 The Washington Post publishing a draft executive order (EO) entitled “Detention and Interrogation of Enemy Combatants.” This draft order appears to be an attempt…

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The Cost of Guantanamo

January 20, 2017

Total Guantanamo Bay Prison Facility Costs Cost of Guantanamo prison facility up to the end of 2015: $5.687 billion Cost for 2015: $445 million Not included…

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Refugees and National Security

January 20, 2017

Resettling and assisting refugees benefits U.S. national security. Refugees are already very rigorously vetted. Accepting Refugees Helps the United States and Enhances National Security.

National…

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Key Questions for the Trump Administration’s Senate Confirmation Hearings

January 10, 2017

Over the course of the campaign, President-elect Donald Trump expressed hostility to human rights norms and called into question whether the United States should continue…

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Human Trafficking by the Numbers

January 7, 2017

“It ought to concern every person, because it is a debasement of our common humanity. It ought to concern every community, because it tears at…

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Immigration Court Appearance Rates

December 30, 2016

As government leaders and lawmakers debate immigration policy reforms, one essential—and often misrepresented—piece of information is the extent to which individuals in immigration removal proceedings…

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The Flawed Guantanamo Assessment Files

December 21, 2016

In 2011, Wikileaks released more than 750 assessments of detainees at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility done by Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO), the military…

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