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Senators Praised for Urging President Obama to Extend Temporary Protected Status for Syrian Nationals in U.S.

Washington, DC – Human Rights First today praised U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Robert…

3-1-2012


It’s World Refugee Day This Week and Victims of Persecution Need Your Help

The United States’ proud history of providing refuge to victims of religious, political, ethnic and other forms of persecution has…

6-21-2011


Asylum News-Spring, 2011

IACHR Report Blasts U.S. Immigration Detention Practices as “Disproportionate” and Inappropriately “Punitive” On March 17th the Inter-American Commission on Human…

4-19-2011


Asylum News-Winter, 2010/2011

HRF Releases a New Report on Iraqi Refugees In its newest report, Living in Limbo: Iraqi Refugees and U.S. Resettlement,…

1-28-2011


Asylum News – September/October 2010

Reports Reveal Filing Deadline Has Denied Asylum to Thousands of Refugees and Wastes Government Resources A new Human Rights First…

10-27-2010


Asylum News–July/August 2010

One-Year Anniversary of ICE Detention Reforms August 6th marked the one-year anniversary of the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)…

8-31-2010


Asylum News–May/June 2010

Asylum News–May/June 2010 Celebrating World Refugee Day 2010 On June 20th, Human Rights First joined refugees, the U.N. High Commissioner…

8-31-2010


Asylum News–February 2010

Asylum News–February 2010 Register now for “Renewing U.S. Commitment to Refugee Protection: the 30th Anniversary of the Refugee Act of…

7-2-2010


Asylum News–April/May 2010

Asylum News–April/May 2010 Eliminate the Arbitrary One-Year Bar to Asylum Human Rights First, along with 86 other faith-based, human rights,…

7-2-2010


Fall 2009-Asylum News

Human Rights First Releases a New Report on the Impact the Terrorism Bars Continue to Have upon Asylum Seekers and…

7-2-2010


Asylum News–Winter 2009/2010

ICE implements new guidance on parole from detention for asylum seekers On January 4, 2010, a new policy by the…

7-2-2010


Asylum News–March 2010

Asylum News–March 2010 Recommendations for Reform on the 30th Anniversary of the Refugee Act On March 16, 2010, during its…

7-2-2010