Fact Sheet

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.

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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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Immigration Court Appearance Rates

November 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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Some Key Facts on Military Commissions v. Federal Courts

November 22, 2016

In the current version of the Guantanamo military commissions:

Crimes triable: Defendants in military commissions, who were tried ex-post facto for conduct such as “material support…

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Former Top U.S. Officials Who Support Closing Guantanamo

November 18, 2016

FIVE Secretaries of Defense Melvin Laird (1969-1973) Robert Gates (2006-2011) Leon Panetta (2011-2013) Chuck Hagel (2013-2015) Ash Carter (2015-2017) FIVE Chairs of the Joint Chiefs…

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