We found 928 results for “Seeking Asylum”.
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Washington Week on Human Rights: October 13, 2015
October 13, 2015
Top News Guantanamo President Obama will soon decide whether to make good on his promise to veto the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year…
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FAQ’s: The Central American Refugee Crisis
September 22, 2015
Border Apprehensions by U.S. and Mexican Authorities in 2014 and 2015 In the summer of 2014, the number of children and families arriving at the…
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Washington Week on Human Rights: September 22, 2015
September 22, 2015
Top News Global Refugee Crisis Yesterday, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced that the United States will increase the annual number of refugees it…
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TRAC Numbers Demonstrate Need for Immigration Court Funding to Address Worsening Backlogs
September 22, 2015
New York City – Human Rights First today urged Congress and the Obama Administration to work together to increase funding and resources for U.S. immigration courts. The call comes…
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Washington Week on Human Rights: August 24, 2015
August 24, 2015
Top News Family Detention Federal Judge Dolly Gee ruled late on Friday that the Obama Administration must release children from family detention centers “without unnecessary…
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Federal Court Ruling Upends Flawed Family Detention Policy
August 22, 2015
New York City—Human Rights First today praised a federal court ruling that dealt another blow to the Obama Administration’s flawed policy of holding children and…
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Media Telebriefing: Family Immigration Detention in Berks, Pennsylvania Share
August 20, 2015
By Olga Byrne Call featuring: Olga Byrne, Senior Associate, Human Rights First Daniela, asylum seeker from Latin America formerly detained at Berks with her child…
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New Report Details Negative Impact of Detention at Berks County Facility on Women, Children
August 19, 2015
New York City—In a report released today, Human Rights First found that children and their parents detained at the Berks County Residential Center in Leesport,…
Family Detention in Berks County, Pennsylvania
August 19, 2015
“We are not delinquents who should be imprisoned.” – Eleven-year-old girl on her detention at Berks County Residential Center Summary and Recommendations The Berks County…
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Innovative Leadership in Public Funding for Immigration Representation
August 10, 2015
Last summer a surge of children and families from Central America crossed the U.S. southern border, fleeing persecution and violence. By some accounts, arrivals totaled…
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Washington Week on Human Rights: August 10, 2015
August 10, 2015
Top News IMMIGRATION DETENTION The U.S. government issued a response Friday to the federal court ruling that orders an end to the Obama Administration’s policy…
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Government Response to Flores Ruling Misrepresents Family Detention
August 7, 2015
New York City—Human Rights First today said that the government’s response to the federal court ruling that orders an end to the Obama Administration’s policy…