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Asylum News 68
August 1, 2008
Asylum Denied More Often by Politically Vetted Judges; DOJ Failure to Increase Number of Judges An August 24, 2008 analysis by The New York Times revealed that immigration…
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Asylum News 66
June 30, 2008
Congressional Committee Hears Testimony on Medical Care in Immigrant Detention On June 4, 2008, the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and…
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Human Rights First Welcomes Bill to Address Flawed Immigration Detention System
June 12, 2008
New York, NY – A bi-partisan group of Senators introduced “The Secure and Safe Detention and Asylum Act” (S. 3114) yesterday. The bill would address some…
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Civil Society Groups Seek Durban Review that Rejects Hatred
April 28, 2008
GENEVA— Human Rights First joined 94 leading civil society organizations this morning to declare that the United Nations and its organizations and conferences on human…
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State Department Human Rights Reports Highlight Need for U.S. Leadership
March 11, 2008
NEW YORK— Widespread violations of human rights detailed in the State Department’s 2007 country reports, released today, underscore the urgent need for U.S. leadership in…
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Asylum News 62
February 1, 2008
Refugee Crisis In Iraq Act Signed By President Bush On January 28, 2008, President Bush signed into law H.R. 4986, the Department of Defense Authorization…
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Asylum News 59
November 1, 2007
Update: Detention – ICE Issues new Guidance on Parole of Asylum Seekers On November 6, 2007, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a new directive relating…
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HRF Joins Unusual Coalition in Amicus Brief in Boumediene Case
August 27, 2007
WASHINGTON – Human rights First is part of an unusual coalition of public interest and religious groups with widely-ranging ideological views that has filed a…
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Government Commission Gives DHS Failing Grade for Detention of Asylum Seekers
February 8, 2007
Washington –– The bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) issued a “report card” Feb. 7 giving the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) an…
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Asylum News 50
February 1, 2007
Commission Issues “Report Card” on Asylum Reforms On February 8, 2007, the bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom issued a “report card” documenting the response…
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Asylum News 49
January 1, 2007
Material Support Update: Progress for Some Asylum Seekers; Process Still Unknown The administration announced on January 11 a plan to address the impact on asylum…
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Asylum News 43
July 21, 2006
CIS Ombudsman’s Asylum Proposal Rejected Dr. Emilio Gonzalez, the Director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), announced in late June…