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Human Rights First opposes Biden’s proposal to detain asylum seekers

March 7, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Following reports in yesterday’s New York Times that the Biden administration is considering detaining immigrant and asylum-seeking families who cross the…

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Inaugural Joe Brand Human Rights Fellow Selected

March 7, 2023

Human Rights First and Squire Patton Boggs Foundation initiate fellowship with GW Law School

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Human Rights First and the Squire Patton Boggs…

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Human Rights First Welcomes U.S. Sanctions for Vladimir Kara-Murza’s Persecutors

March 3, 2023

WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. government sanctioned six Russian individuals involved in the arbitrary detention of Russian opposition leader, journalist, and historian Vladimir Kara-Murza, who…

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Biden’s Asylum Ban Would Return U.S. to Trump-Style Policy

February 21, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. – After the Biden administration today proposed a rule that would illegally ban many refugees from seeking asylum in the United States…

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Ten Ways the U.S. Should Help Civil Society in Ukraine

February 16, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C.— A year after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Human Rights First issued a briefing with ten recommendations for how the United States…

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Human Rights First Denounces Extremism in Congressional Hearings

February 16, 2023

WASHINGTON, DC – After three Congressional hearings in three weeks where Members of Congress deliberately spread anti-immigrant and antisemitic sentiment, disinformation, and conspiracy theories —…

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62 Organizations File Amicus Brief in the Supreme Court on Title 42’s Deadly Impact

February 9, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, 62 organizations urged the Supreme Court to deny a belated attempt by several states to intervene in a case challenging the use of…

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Human Rights First Condemns Administration Plan to Fast-Track Asylum Screenings 

January 27, 2023

WASHINGTON DC – Human Rights First calls on the administration to abandon a plan once used by the Trump administration and focus instead on upholding…

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