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Incarcerating Mothers and Children is a Disgrace
May 14, 2015
By Olga Byrne What’s the price of freedom for a toddler? For the young children detained at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, an…
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Human Rights First Tours Dilley Detention Facility, Calls for Administration to End Family Detention
May 12, 2015
Dilley, TX – Following a tour today of the family detention facility in Dilley, Texas, Human Rights First called on the Obama Administration to end its…
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Report Details Flaws in U.S. Immigration Detention System
May 11, 2015
By Eleanor Acer In a comprehensive and compelling report released today, the Migration and Refugee Services of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (MRS/USCCB) and the…
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Alternatives to Detention are a No-Brainer
May 7, 2015
By Eleanor Acer In comments on Tuesday in Nevada, Hilary Clinton called for reform of U.S. immigration detention, a system that the New York Times called…
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Don’t Forget about Refugee Moms this Mother’s Day
May 6, 2015
As Mother’s Day approaches, most of us are scrambling to buy cards, gifts, or flowers to show our moms our appreciation. But a large number…
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Washington Week on Human Rights: May 4, 2015
May 4, 2015
Top News Immigration Detention Over the weekend, more than 500 people gathered in Dilley, Texas to protest the Obama Administration’s immigration detention policies that have put…
Testimony
New York City Council Committee on Immigration Regarding Oversight Testimony
May 1, 2015
Testimony before the New York City Council Committee on Immigration Regarding Oversight: Implementation of IDNYC – New York City’s Municipal Identification Program May 1, 2015…
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NYC Council Committee on Immigration: IDNYC is Great, but Many Refugees are Left Out
May 1, 2015
This morning I spoke to the New York City Council’s Committee on Immigration. I praised NYC’s municipal identification program (IDNYC), which helps many New Yorkers receive…
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Fund the Immigration Court System Already
April 28, 2015
By Eleanor Acer On Friday, an editorial in the Houston Chronicle urged for “more funding for our immigration court system,” pointing out that “the underfunding…
Fact Sheet
Mother’s Day in Jail: The Obama Administration’s Detention of Women & Children Fleeing Violence
April 24, 2015
Hundreds of the mothers and children who fled persecution and violence in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala will spend this Mother’s Day in U.S. immigration…
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Kerry Should Address Plans to Better Protect Central American Refugees Fleeing Violence and Persecution
April 21, 2015
Washington, D.C.—As Secretary of State John Kerry speaks at the 45th Annual Conference on the Americas this morning, Human Rights First urges him to address…
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Human Rights First’s Vanessa Allyn to Receive 2015 Center Global Advocate Award
April 16, 2015
Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First today announced that Vanessa Allyn, the organization’s DC-based managing attorney for refugee representation, will receive Center Global’s 2015 Global…