We found 894 results for “Seeking Asylum”.
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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…
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Asylum News 55
July 1, 2007
GAO Finds Lack of Phone Access for Detainees On July 6, the U.S. Government Accountability Office issued a report entitled “Alien Detention Standards.” GAO had been…
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Child Soldiers: Treat them as Victims, Not Just Victimizers
April 24, 2007
From the testimony of Anwen Hughes, Senior Counsel in the Refugee Protection program of Human Rights First, at a hearing on child soldiers before the…
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Government Commission Gives DHS Failing Grade for Detention of Asylum Seekers
February 8, 2007
Washington –– The bipartisan U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) issued a “report card” Feb. 7 giving the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) an…
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Administration’s New Asylum Proposal Leaves Vulnerable Refugees at Risk
January 12, 2007
The administration took a positive step January 11 when it proposed to exempt certain groups of refugees from its “material support” rules, which have barred…
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Asylum News 49
January 1, 2007
Material Support Update: Progress for Some Asylum Seekers; Process Still Unknown The administration announced on January 11 a plan to address the impact on asylum…
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Asylum News 48
December 1, 2006
U.N. Review of Refugee Detention? This month marked the international celebrations of Human Rights Day and International Migrants Day. Here in the United States, when…
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Asylum News 43
July 21, 2006
CIS Ombudsman’s Asylum Proposal Rejected Dr. Emilio Gonzalez, the Director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), announced in late June…
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Asylum News 41
May 26, 2006
Senate Immigration Reform Bill Passes, But Contains Provisions That Put Refugees at Risk The Senate passed the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 (S. 2611) by…