We found 613 results for “Access to U.S. Asylum”.
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Mediterranean Migrant and Refugee Crisis Demonstrates Need for U.S. Leadership to Better Protect Refugees
April 23, 2015
New York City – Following today’s meeting of European Union Leaders in Brussels to discuss a coordinated response to the migrant and refugee crisis in…
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Washington Week on Human Rights: April 6, 2015
April 6, 2015
Top News President Obama to Jamaica On Thursday, President Obama will travel to Jamaica en route to participate in the Summit of the Americas in Panama.…
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NYC is Doing It Right with Lawyers for Unaccompanied Minors
April 2, 2015
Six months ago Human Rights First’s Lori Adams testified before the New York City Council Committee on Immigration as it instituted a program to ensure…
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House Judiciary Committee Should Reject Bills that Undermine U.S. Protection of Refugees, Children
March 2, 2015
Washington, D.C.—Human Rights First today urged members of the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security to reject the Asylum Reform and Border…
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Asylum Reform and Border Protection Act Would Return Persecuted Refugees and Children to Danger
March 2, 2015
Protecting the persecuted is a core American value. The U.S. asylum system has protected thousands of refugees from returning to places where they would face…
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House Judiciary Committee Should Reject Bills that Undermine U.S. Protection of Refugees, Children
March 2, 2015
Washington, D.C.—Human Rights First today urged members of the House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security to reject the Asylum Reform and Border…
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Without a Lawyer, 98.5% of Mother and Child Asylum Seekers Deported
February 26, 2015
Last year thousands of Central American asylum seekers crossed our southern border, many of them mothers travelling with young children. The Obama administration quickly locked…
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Federal Court Got It Right: Detaining Mothers and Children to Deter Other Asylum Seekers Is Wrong
February 25, 2015
Last Friday a federal court ruled that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security cannot continue to detain mothers and children seeking asylum in an attempt to deter…
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Congress Should Reject Bills that Undermine U.S. Asylum System
February 11, 2015
Washington, D.C.—Human Rights First today urged members of Congress to reject proposed legislation that would severely undermine our nation’s commitment to refugees and asylum seekers…
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Elisa Massimino Keynote Address on the Case for American Leadership on Human Rights
February 10, 2015
Elisa Massimino Keynote Address American Bar Association Mid-Year Meeting Center for Human Rights Annual Luncheon Houston, Texas February 9, 2015. Thank you so much for…
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President’s Budget Recognizes Need for More Immigration Judges, but Congress Should Fund More
February 4, 2015
The immigration court backlog is staggering, with many people facing delays of four or more years. President Obama’s proposed budget, released yesterday, would take a…
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Human Rights First Tours Dilley Detention Center for Immigrant Mothers and Children
January 16, 2015
The Dilley Family Residential Center is now open in South Texas and will soon house up to 2,400 immigrant mothers and children who came to…