We found 902 results for “Seeking Asylum”.
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Senators Introduce Bill Strengthening U.S. Commitment to Refugees
March 15, 2010
Washington, DC Human Rights First today praised Senators Patrick J. Leahy (D-VT) and Carl Levin (D-MI) for their introduction of the Refugee Protection Act of 2010,…
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Ugandan Bill is Latest Chapter in Long Story of Fight and Flight for LGBT Protection
January 20, 2010
By Jesse Bernstein Senior Associate Refugee Protection Program Crossposted from Huffington Post. From the opinion pages of the world’s most influential newspapers to the hallways of…
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Detention Reform – Still Lacking Due Process
August 24, 2009
Still getting press play: the planned overhaul of the immigration detention system announced by the Department of Homeland Security a couple of weeks ago. It’s…
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Will the immigration detention system finally get the reforms it desperately needs?
August 7, 2009
Recent developments signal that real reform of the immigration detention system may finally be on the horizon. Yesterday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced…
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Important Detention Reform Bill Introduced Last Week in Senate
August 3, 2009
Some positive news in detention reform today: In an effort to protect U.S. citizens and green card holders from being mistakenly detained and deported, today…
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Great News for Battered Women Seeking Asylum
July 16, 2009
New paths have opened for abused women seeking asylum in the United States. Read more in a New York Times article today. Read More
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Art Spiegelman cartoon in Washington Post cites Human Rights First report
June 22, 2009
Check out this Art Spiegelman cartoon in the Washington Post on refugees. It cites a recent Human Rights First report on the detention of asylum seekers. In this visual…
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Report Finds U.S. Often Greets Asylum Seekers with Prison, not Protection
April 30, 2009
Washington, DC – Since 2003, U.S. immigration authorities have spent more than $300 million to detain over 48,000 asylum seekers in U.S. prisons and prison-like facilities…
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Asylum News 72
December 1, 2008
DHS Announces a New Policy for Applying Exemptions for Cases Involving Material Support Provided Under Duress On December 22, 2008 USCIS announced that it will be…
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Asylum News 71
November 1, 2008
Blueprint for Obama Administration Provides Recommendations for Repairing the U.S. Asylum System Human Rights First’s Refugee Protection Program released a comprehensive blueprint – How to…
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Archives of Human Rights First to be Housed at Columbia University Libraries
April 18, 2008
(NEW YORK, April 18, 2008) On February 20th, 2008, a formal agreement was signed by James Neal, Columbia’s Vice President for Information Services and University…
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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…