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• Women Activists Risk Their Lives Daily to Rescue Civilians on Ukraine’s Front Lines

  April 10, 2026

  A new Human Rights First report reveals the deadly risks faced by Women Human Rights Defenders (WHRDs) on Ukraine’s front lines, where…

• White House Budget Supercharges Mass Detention and Deportation, Cuts Democracy and Humanitarian Support

  April 3, 2026

  Washington, D.C. — The President’s Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) budget released today doubles down on the administration’s mass…

• Human Rights First and RAICES Release New Report Exposing Systemic Due Process Violations and Cruelty at Dilley ICE Family Prison

  April 1, 2026

  Washington, D.C. — Human Rights First and RAICES today released a new joint report, “A New Era of…

• Failed U.S. Efforts to Turn Back the Clock on Gender Equality at the United Nations Isolate America and Set Americans Back 

  March 20, 2026

  Washington, D.C. — Human Rights First denounces recent U.S. efforts to tear down longstanding consensus on gender equality that underpins the work of…

• ICE Flight Monitor: ICE Air Flights Continue to Expand in February 2026 as Trump Administration Escalates Mass Deportation Campaign

  March 16, 2026

  Washington, D.C. — ICE Air Operations continued its rapid expansion in February 2026, with new charter carriers and record daily domestic transfer flights,…

• Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Holds Public Hearing on the Impact of the United States’s Forced Deportations to Third Countries  

  March 11, 2026

  Washington D.C. — A coalition of 22 immigrants’ rights organizations participated today in a public hearing held by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights…

• Human Rights First Deplores U.S. Attacks Against Iran

  February 28, 2026

  Human Rights First deplores U.S. attacks against Iran, carried out alongside Israel, without authorization from Congress or the United Nations Security Council. This unlawful action…

• Court Finds Trump Administration’s Third-Country Removal Policy is Unlawful, Vacates the Policy

  February 25, 2026

  Boston, Massachusetts – The National Immigration Litigation Alliance, the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project, and Human Rights First welcome today’s decision from the U.S. District Court…