We found 610 results for “Access to U.S. Asylum”.
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On World Refugee Day, the U.S. Should Lead by Example
June 20, 2024
On World Refugee Day, Human Rights First applauds the Biden administration’s tremendous progress in improving the pace of U.S. refugee resettlement and calls on the…
Fact Sheet
Two Weeks of the Biden Border Proclamation and Asylum Shutdown
June 20, 2024
On June 4, 2024, the Biden administration issued a presidential proclamation and immediately implemented an asylum shutdown rule at the U.S.-Mexico border that adds to…
Report
“No Human Being Should Be Held There”: The Mistreatment Of LGBTQ And HIV-Positive People In U.S. Federal Immigration Jails
June 18, 2024
Asylum in the United States is a lifesaving necessity for LGBTQ and HIV-positive people. For decades, many have fled to the United States to seek…
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United Nations Submits General Allegations to the United States for its Enforced Disappearances of Migrants
June 14, 2024
“I did not know if my daughters were alive or dead for almost a week” WASHINGTON – Seven immigrants’ rights organizations applaud the United Nations…
Fact Sheet
U.S. Asylum Bans Strand LGBTQI+ Refugees in Danger and Risk Return to Persecution
June 4, 2024
On May 11, 2023, the Biden administration initiated a new bar on asylum through its Circumvention of Lawful Pathways (CLP) rule. Often referred to as…
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Human Rights First Decries Biden Administration’s Border Proclamation
June 4, 2024
WASHINGTON – Today, the Biden Administration announced its issuance of a proclamation and joint Departments of Justice and Homeland Security interim final rule to bar…
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Supporting clients who face mental health challenges
May 22, 2024
May’s month-long focus on mental health awareness offers an opportunity to explore the particularly acute mental health challenges facing people seeking asylum. Asylum seekers have…
Blog, Refugee Voice
Mother Mushroom: A Journey of Advocacy, Motherhood, and Asylum
May 12, 2024
By Camila Rice-Aguilar Human Rights First’s former client, Quynh Nguyen, tells her story of dissent, motherhood, and human rights advocacy in Vietnam, which eventually led…
Refugee Voice
Q&A with “Mother Mushroom”
May 12, 2024
In an interview with Human Rights First’s former client, Quynh Nguyen, she tells her story of dissent, motherhood, and human rights advocacy in Vietnam, which…
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At One Year, Asylum Ban Threatens Lives & Spurs Crossings
May 7, 2024
WASHINGTON – Following reports that the Biden administration is considering additional administrative actions to bar access to asylum at the border, Human Rights First released…
Report
Trapped, Preyed Upon, and Punished
May 7, 2024
One Year of the Biden Administration Asylum Ban Executive summary On May 11, 2023, the Biden administration initiated a new bar on asylum through its…
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Escaping Extremes: Climate Change’s Role in Displacement and Migration
April 22, 2024
By Sydney Randall In 2019, a family of tomato farmers in Mexico experienced a scorching summer. There was “too much sun, too much heat –…