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Letter

Bahrain: Joint letter on Dr. Abduljalil Al-Singace as he exceeds three years on hunger strike

July 8, 2024

8 July 2024 King of Bahrain, King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Crown Prince and Prime Minister, Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa Your Majesties,…

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Statement

Human Rights First Comment on the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security’s Interim Final Rule, “Securing the Border”

July 2, 2024

Human Rights First Comment on the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security’s Interim Final Rule, Securing the Border, DHS Docket No. USCIS-2024-0006 Human Rights First…

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Fact Sheet

Two Weeks of the Biden Border Proclamation and Asylum Shutdown

June 20, 2024

On June 4, 2024, the Biden administration issued a presidential proclamation and immediately implemented an asylum shutdown rule at the U.S.-Mexico border that adds to…

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Report

“No Human Being Should Be Held There”: The Mistreatment Of LGBTQ And HIV-Positive People In U.S. Federal Immigration Jails

June 18, 2024

Asylum in the United States is a lifesaving necessity for LGBTQ and HIV-positive people. For decades, many have fled to the United States to seek…

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United Nations Submits General Allegations to the United States for its Enforced Disappearances of Migrants

June 14, 2024

“I did not know if my daughters were alive or dead for almost a week”  WASHINGTON – Seven immigrants’ rights organizations applaud the United Nations…

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Fact Sheet

U.S. Asylum Bans Strand LGBTQI+ Refugees in Danger and Risk Return to Persecution

June 4, 2024

On May 11, 2023, the Biden administration initiated a new bar on asylum through its Circumvention of Lawful Pathways (CLP) rule. Often referred to as…

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Press

Human Rights First Decries Biden Administration’s Border Proclamation

June 4, 2024

WASHINGTON  – Today, the Biden Administration announced its issuance of a proclamation and joint Departments of Justice and Homeland Security interim final rule to bar…

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Press

Human Rights First Condemns Biden Administration Returning Vulnerable People to Haiti

May 16, 2024

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the United States deported another group of Haitians back to a country plagued with instability and violence despite the United Nations…

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Blog, Refugee Voice

Mother Mushroom: A Journey of Advocacy, Motherhood, and Asylum

May 12, 2024

By Camila Rice-Aguilar Human Rights First’s former client, Quynh Nguyen, tells her story of dissent, motherhood, and human rights advocacy in Vietnam, which eventually led…

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Refugee Voice

Q&A with “Mother Mushroom”

May 12, 2024

In an interview with Human Rights First’s former client, Quynh Nguyen, she tells her story of dissent, motherhood, and human rights advocacy in Vietnam, which…

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Press

At One Year, Asylum Ban Threatens Lives & Spurs Crossings

May 7, 2024

WASHINGTON – Following reports that the Biden administration is considering additional administrative actions to bar access to asylum at the border, Human Rights First released…

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Report

Trapped, Preyed Upon, and Punished

May 7, 2024

One Year of the Biden Administration Asylum Ban Executive summary On May 11, 2023, the Biden administration initiated a new bar on asylum through its…

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