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Letter
NGO Letter to Biden Administration Expressing Profound Disappointment in Continued Violations of Refugee Law
August 6, 2021
Dear President Biden: As the world marks the 70th anniversary of the Refugee Convention, our 178 faith-based, humanitarian, legal services, immigration, and human rights organizations…
Blog
Blinken’s Decision Imminent on Funding an Egyptian Government that Enables Terrorism
August 2, 2021
Letter
Letter to DHS on Prolonged Detention of Asylum Seekers Following Guzman Chavez Ruling
July 21, 2021
Dear Secretary Mayorkas: We, the undersigned organizations and legal clinics, write to urge the Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) to ensure that people seeking protection…
Press
Human Rights First Report Finds ISIS Recruitment Happening in Egyptian Prisons
July 15, 2021
WASHINGTON – Human Rights First today released a report documenting ongoing recruitment by ISIS in Egypt’s prison system; one of the report’s key recommendations is…
Report
Creating Time Bombs: How Abuse in Egypt’s Prison System Fuels ISIS Recruitment
July 15, 2021
Early hopes that the Biden administration would break from a decades-long U.S. practice of enabling Egyptian dictatorships are fading, with potentially catastrophic consequences for human…
Fact Sheet
Detaining People Seeking Protection: Inhumane, Unnecessary, and Wasteful
July 14, 2021
Jailing people seeking asylum protection in U.S. immigration detention centers is a cruel and costly mistake. Detention inflicts enormous physical and psychological harm, exacerbates trauma…
Letter
Letter to DHS on Enforcement Priorities and Asylum Seekers
July 13, 2021
Dear Secretary Mayorkas, We, the undersigned organizations, write to urge the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to stop targeting…
Amicus Brief
Amicus Brief – al-Hela v. Biden
July 6, 2021
Human Rights First, alongside Reprieve US and the law firm of Lewis Baach Kaufmann Middlemiss PLLC, filed an amicus curiae brief in support of the…
Fact Sheet
Immigration Court Asylum Hearings Versus “Review” of Asylum Officers’ Decisions
June 17, 2021
Recent media reports and government documents indicate that the Biden administration may publish an Interim Final Rule (IFR) to create a new process for asylum…
Letter
“A life in safety would not mean anything if my children were not here with me”: Joys and Trauma Persist for Refugees Separated from Their Families
June 17, 2021
Each weekday Josefina* prepares breakfast for her son, helps him begin his school day of remote learning, and greets her babysitter before heading off for…
Letter
“We feel safe”: As Biden administration ends the Migrant Protection Protocols, asylum seekers included in the wind down experience security, stability, and joy in new lives in the United States
June 17, 2021
In February 2021, the Biden administration – following through on its campaign promises – announced an end to the Trump administration’s so-called Migrant Protection Protocols…
Letter
NGO Letter to DOJ and DHS on Reported New Asylum Process
June 8, 2021
Dear Attorney General Garland and Secretary Mayorkas: As organizations that provide pro bono legal representation, assistance, and advocacy for individuals seeking asylum in the United…