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Honoring International Holocaust Remembrance Day by Preserving Memory, Combating Hatred

January 25, 2019

New York City—To commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which falls on January 27th and marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and honors the six…

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Trump-McConnell Anti-Immigrant Wish List Fails in the Senate

January 24, 2019

Washington, D.C.—In response to today’s Senate vote on the Trump-McConnell bill, a piece of anti-immigrant legislation that would have reopened the government at the expense…

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Remain In Mexico Plan an Illegal, Immoral Attack on Nation’s Asylum System

January 24, 2019

Washington, D.C.—In response to reports that the Trump Administration will begin forcibly returning some refugees requesting asylum at the U.S. southern border to Mexico as…

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Transgender Ban Undermines Military Culture of Honor and Respect

January 22, 2019

Washington, D.C.—In response to today’s Supreme Court decision lifting injunctions that will allow the Trump Administration’s policy banning certain transgender people from the military to…

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Trump-McConnell Bill Eviscerates Protection for Asylum Seekers

January 22, 2019

Washington, D.C.—In response to today’s Supreme Court decision lifting injunctions that will allow the Trump Administration’s policy banning certain transgender people from the military to…

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New Report Documents Mental, Physical, Legal Impact of Increased Detention in California

January 15, 2019

Los Angeles—Human Rights First today released a new report analyzing the mental, physical, and legal impacts of massive overuse of immigration detention in California. Prisons…

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Pompeo’s “New Beginning” a Return to Unconditional Support for Repression

January 10, 2019

Washington, D.C.—In response to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s speech from American University in Cairo this morning, Brian Dooley, senior advisor at Human Rights First,…

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Trump Admin Policy Requiring Asylum Seekers to Remain in Mexico is Illegal

December 20, 2018

New York City—In response to the Trump Administration’s announcement that refugees seeking asylum at the southern border will be required to wait in Mexico, Human…

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