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Anti-Trans Politics in the United States
September 12, 2023
By Seven Murphy-DeYoung Summer 2023 Communications Intern While working towards my undergraduate degree in San Francisco in 2023, conservative activist groups spent much of their…
Press
Murders in Jacksonville Show Danger of Mainstreaming White Supremacy
August 28, 2023
Human Rights First mourns another senseless hate-motivated attack WASHINGTON – On Saturday, a white supremacist murdered three Black people in a hate-motivated attack at a…
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Asylum Ban Increases Threats of Sexual Violence Against LGBTQ+ Asylum Seekers
August 22, 2023
By Claire Hunt, Human Rights First intern Facing persecution and violence in their home countries, many LGBTQ+ people are forced to flee their homes and…
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Federal Court Finds Asylum Ban Unlawful
July 25, 2023
WASHINGTON – Judge Jon Tigar of the California Northern District Court today ruled that the Biden administration’s asylum ban policy is unlawful, but delayed the…
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At Two Months, Biden’s Asylum Ban Threatens Lives
July 12, 2023
WASHINGTON – Two months into the Biden administration’s asylum ban, Human Rights First today released “Refugee Protection Travesty: Biden Asylum Ban Endangers and Punishes At-Risk…
Fact Sheet
Anti-Trans Extremism: The Far Right’s New Strategy to Spread Hate
June 30, 2023
Mainstream far-right actors are escalating a nationwide campaign to eliminate the trans community from American society – a dangerous threat to trans people and one…
Fact Sheet
Biden Administration Asylum Ban
June 28, 2023
Widely Opposed Misstep Violates Law and Fuels Wrongful Deportation of Refugees On May 16, 2023, the Biden administration published a final rule (“asylum ban”) that…
Statement
The House of Commons of Canada Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade Hearing On “Canada’s Sanctions Regime”
June 15, 2023
By Amanda Strayer Mr. Chair and Honorable Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify today. Human Rights First is an independent,…
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Joint Report Details Restrictions on Access to Asylum at Nogales, Arizona Port of Entry
June 9, 2023
WASHINGTON DC – Today, Human Rights First, the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project, and the Kino Border Initiative released “A Line that Barely Budges:…
Report
A Line that Barely Budges
June 9, 2023
U.S. Limiting Access to Asylum This report documents impediments facing people attempting to seek asylum at the U.S. port of entry in Nogales, Arizona following…