We found 926 results for “Seeking Asylum”.
Fact Sheet
The Real Solution: Regional Response Rather than Border Closures, Mass Incarceration, and Refugee Returns
April 5, 2019
The Trump Administration has purposefully mismanaged the refugee and humanitarian challenges pushing people to flee political repression, human rights abuses, economic deprivation, and climate displacement…
Blueprint
The Real Solution: Regional Response Rather than Border Closures, Mass Incarceration, and Refugee Returns
April 5, 2019
The Trump Administration has purposefully mismanaged the refugee and humanitarian challenges pushing people to flee political repression, human rights abuses, economic deprivation, and climate displacement…
VFAI Leader Spotlight
Leader Spotlight: Shakir Radeef
March 26, 2019
Tell us about your background. Before moving from Baghdad to the United States in 2014, I spent much of my career working as a journalist in…
Report
Family Incarceration Continues to Endanger Children, Impede Access to Legal Information & Waste Government Resources
March 22, 2019
The Trump Administration continues to incarcerate families in immigration jails and to push to hold them there for even longer. In fiscal year 2018, more…
Blog
Recording of Human Rights First on the Ground: Updates on our Refugee Advocacy & Protection Efforts
March 19, 2019
The first two years of the Trump Administration have seen an onslaught of attacks against asylum seekers. In response, Human Rights First’s Senior Director of…
Press
Senate Vote on National Emergency a Rebuke to President Trump’s Attack on Asylum
March 14, 2019
Washington, D.C.—In response to today’s Senate vote terminating President Trump’s national emergency declaration to pay for a wall at the U.S. southern border, Human Rights…
Press
Closure of Overseas Immigration Offices Won’t Address Asylum Backlog, Will Undermine Immigration System
March 12, 2019
Washington, D.C.—In response to reports that the Trump Administration plans to close 21 international immigration offices, a move that will seriously undermine and permanently damage the U.S.…
Press
Nielsen Hearing a Distortion of Administration Southern Border Policies
March 6, 2019
Washington, D.C—In response to today’s House Homeland Security Committee hearing with Department of Homeland Securtiy Secretary Kristjen Nielsen, Human Rights First’s Eleanor Acer issued the…
Press
Expansion of Remain in Mexico Plan a Further Assault on Asylum System
March 1, 2019
Washington, D.C.— In response to reports that the Trump Administration will continue its illegal and immoral attack on the asylum system by expanding the “Migrant Protection Protocols,” or…
Press
National Emergency Harms those Seeking Protection
February 15, 2019
Washington, D.C.—Following today’s declaration of a national emergency to build a wall on the southern border, former director of the National Counterterrorism Center, Matthew Olsen, issued…
Press
Children Seeking Protection Illegally Returned to Mexico
February 14, 2019
New York City—Following reports that the first children have been returned to Mexico under the Trump Administration’s plan to illegally force asylum seekers to wait…
Press
National Emergency a “National Disgrace”
February 14, 2019
New York City—Following the White House’s confirmation today that President Trump will declare a national emergency to build a wall at the southern border, Human…