We found 922 results for “Seeking Asylum”.
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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…
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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…