• Asylum Filing Deadline
• Dialogues on Detention
• Immigration Detention
• LGBTI Refugees
• Refugees Mislabeled Terrorists
• U.S. Asylum System Reform
• Refugee Resettlement

Asylum Filing Deadline

• Fact Sheet: The Asylum Filing Deadline (2013)
• Backgrounder: Key Measures in Immigration Bill that Would Advance U.S. Values (2013)
• Letter:To Congress from 80 organizations, 82 law professors, in support of recommendations on asylum for immigration reform (2013)
• Letter:To the Obama Administration from 80 organizations, 82 law professors, in support of recommendations on asylum for immigration reform (2013)
• Statement:New Bill Would Strengthen the U.S. Asylum System (2011)
• Blog: United States Should Lead by Example in Protection of Refugees (2011)
• Paper: Recommendations for U.S. Pledges in Commemoration of the 60^th Anniversary of the Refugee Convention (2011)
• Report: The Asylum Filing Deadline: Denying Protection to the Persecuted and Undermining Governmental Efficiency (2010)
• Report: Philip G. Schrag, Andrew Schoenholtz, Jaya Ramji-Nogales, James P. Dombach, Rejecting Refugees: Homeland Security’s Administration of the One-Year Bar to Asylum (2010)
• Report: The One-Year Asylum Deadline and the BIA: No Protection, No Process (report with National Immigration Justice Center and Penn State Law) (2010)
• Letter: To Congress from 87 organizations, 81 individuals, in support of elimination of filing deadline (2010)
• Article: Julia Preston, New York Times, “Reports Say Deadline Hinders Asylum Seekers” (2010)
• Radio Interview, The Takeaway, “Refugees Denied Asylum After Missing Filing Deadlines” (2010)
• Statement: Thousands Of Refugees Denied Protection Due To Asylum Filing Deadline (2010)
• Blog: The Unforgiving Line between Persecution, Protection, and Limbo (2010)
• Statement: Flawed U.S. Filing Deadline Provision Denies, Delays Protection for Legitimate Refugees (2010)
• Statement: New Legislation Aims to Protect Refugees from Arbitrary Bar to Asylum, Reduce Inefficiency (2010)
• Amicus Brief: Gomis v. Holder (Appendix) (2009)
• Report: Tahirih Justice Center, Precarious Protection: How Unsettled Policy and Current Laws Harm Women and Girls Fleeing Persecution (2009)
• Article: Karen Musalo and Marcelle Rice, Center for Gender and Refugee Studies: The Implementation of the One-Year Bar to Asylum, 31 Hastings Int’l & Comp. L. Rev. 693 (2008)
• Article: Victoria Neilson and Aaron Morris, The Gay Bar: The Effect of the One-Year Filing Deadline on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and HIV-Positive Foreign Nationals Seeking Asylum or Withholding of Removal, 8 N.Y. City L. Rev. 233 (2005)
• Article: Leena Khandwala, Karen Musalo, Stephen Knight, and Maria Anna K. Hreshchyshyn, The One-Year Bar: Denying Protection to Bona Fide Refugees, Contrary to Congressional Intent and Violative of International Law, 05-08 Immigr. Briefings 1 (Aug. 2005)
• Article: Peggy Gleason, The One-Year Filing Deadline for Asylum, 8 Bender’s Immigr. Bull. 185 (Feb. 1, 2003)
• Article: Michele R. Pistone and Philip G. Schrag, The New Asylum Rule: Improved But Still Unfair, 16 Geo. Immigr. L.J. 1 (2001)
• Report: Michele R. Pistone, Cato Institute, New Asylum Laws: Undermining an American Ideal (Mar. 24, 1998)
• Article: Philip G. Schrag and Michele R. Pistone, The New Asylum Rule: Not Yet a Model of Fair Procedure, 11 Geo. Immigr. L.J. 267 (1997)
• Article: Michele R. Pistone and Philip G. Schrag, The 1996 Immigration Act: Asylum and Expedited Removal – What the INS Should Do, 73 No. 43 Interpreter Releases 1565 (Nov. 11, 1996)

Dialogues on Detention

• Report: ACLU of California, “Public Safety Realignment: California at a Crossroads” (2012)
• Report: American Friends Service Committee in Arizona, “Private Prisons: The Public’s Problem – A Quality Assessment of Arizona’s Private Prisons” (2012)
• Letter: To ICE from ACLU on Pinal County Jail (AZ) (June, 2012)
• Report: ACLU of Arizona, “In Their Own Words: Enduring abuse in Arizona immigration detention centers” (2011)
• Fact Sheet: Immigration Detention in Louisiana (2012)
• Fact Sheet: Immigration Detention in Arizona (2012)
• Fact Sheet: Immigration Detention in California (2012)
• Fact Sheet: Immigration Detention in Texas (2012)
• Report: American Bar Association, “Civil Immigration Detention Standards” (2012)
• Infographic: Human Rights First, “Ins” & “Outs” of Immigration Detention (2012)
• Report: DHS Office of Immigration Statistics “Immigration Enforcement Actions: 2011″ (2012)
• Report: Human Rights First, “Jails & Jumpsuits: Transforming the US Immigration Detention System – A Two-Year Review” (2011)
• Paper: Anil Kalhan, “Rethinking Immigration Detention,” Columbia Law Review Sidebar (2010)
• Report: Dora Schriro, DHS/ICE, Immigration Detention Overview and Recommendations (2009)
• Report: American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section,  “Key Requirements for the Effective Monitoring of Correctional and Detention Facilities” (2008)
• Report: US Commission on International Religious Freedom, “Report on Asylum Seekers in Expedited Removal – Conditions of Confinement for Asylum Seekers in Expedited Removal” (2005)

Immigration Detention

• Fact Sheet: Immigration Detention in Louisiana (2013)
• Fact Sheet: Immigration Detention in Arizona (2012)
• Fact Sheet: Immigration Detention in California (2012)
• Fact Sheet: Immigration Detention in Texas (2012)
• Infographic: “Ins” & “Outs” of Immigration Detention (2012)
• Fact Sheet: New Detention Report to Be Presented by Special Rapporteur on Human Rights of Migrants (2012)
• Blog: Lack of Immigration Court Review of Detention Violates U.S. Commitments Under International Law (2012)
• Blog: ICE’s Detention Reform Promises – A Second Look (2012)
• Blog: Felice Gaer and Richard Land Call the U.S. Detention of Asylum Seekers “Shameful and Unnecessary” (2011)
• Editorial: New York Times, “A Broken, Dangerous System” (2011)
• Report: Jails and Jumpsuits: Transforming the U.S. Immigration Detention System – A Two-Year Review (Full Report) (Executive Summary) (2011)
• Paper: Key Issues and Recommendations to the United States for Consideration during the Universal Periodic Review (2010)
• Paper: Key Issues and Recommendations for the United States to Consider during the ICCPR Review (2010)
• Statement: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Report Blasts U.S. Immigration Detention Practices as “Disproportionate” and Inappropriately “Punitive” (2010)
• Statement: Human Rights First Says New ICE Parole Directive is “Important Step” (2009)
• Report: Dora Schriro, DHS/ICE, Immigration Detention Overview and Recommendations (2009)
• Report: U.S. Detention of Asylum Seekers: Seeking Protection, Finding Prison (2009)
• Report: U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Expedited Removal Study Report Card, 2 Years Later (2007)
• Report: In Liberty’s Shadow: U.S. Detention of Asylum Seekers in the Era of Homeland Security (2006)
• Report: U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, Asylum Seekers in Expedited Removal (2005)
• Report: Review of States’ Procedures and Practices Relating to the Detention of Asylum Seekers (prepared for Human Rights First by Debevoise & Plimpton LLP) (out of print) (2002)
• Report: Is this America? The Denial of Due Process to Asylum Seekers in the United States (out of print) (2000)
• Report: Refugees Behind Bars: The Imprisonment of Asylum Seekers in the Wake of the 1996 Immigration Act (out of print) (1999)

LGBTI Refugees

• Report: The Road to Safety: Strengthening Protection for LGBTI Refugees in Uganda and Kenya (2012)
• Fact Sheet: The Road to Safety: Recommendations to UNHCR, NGOs, Host States and Resettlement States (2012)
• Fact Sheet: The Road to Safety: Recommendations to the United States Government (2012).
• Report: Persistent Needs and Gaps: the Protection of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Refugees (2010).
• Blog: Week of UNHCR Commemoration Meeting Provides Important Milestone in Protection of LGBTI Refugees (2011)
• Blog: From Persecution to Persecution: LGBTI Refugees in Uganda and Kenya (2011)
• Blog: Human Rights First Welcomes Attention on LGBTI Refugees – Urges Continued Reforms to Ensure Protection (2010)
• Testimony: Human Rights First testimony regarding the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program for fiscal year 2013 (2012).
• Letter: To Secretary Clinton on steps to address the urgent protection needs of LGBTI refugees (2010)
• Web Resource: UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Resource Page
• Guidance Document: UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Working with Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Persons in Forced Displacement (2011).
• Training Manual: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Guidance for Adjudicating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex (LGBTI) Refugee and Asylum Claims (2012).
• Guidance Document: UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Guidance Note on Refugee Claims Relating to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (2008).
• Report: UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Summary Conclusions: Asylum-Seekers and Refugees Seeking Protection on Account of their Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (2010).
• Discussion Paper: UN High Commissioner for Refugees, The Protection of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Asylum-Seekers and Refugees (2010).
• Strategy Document: UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Action against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: An Updated Strategy (2011).
• UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Age, Gender and Diversity Policy (2011).
• Article: UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Washington Forum debates protection for refugees persecuted for their sexuality (2011).
• Report: Organization for Refuge, Asylum and Migration, Unsafe Haven: The Security Challenges facing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trangender Asylum Seekers and Refugees in Turkey (2011).
• Report: Organization for Refuge, Asylum and Migration, Rainbow Bridges: A Community Guide to Rebuilding the Lives of LGBTI Refugees and Asylees (2012).
• Report: Organization for Refuge, Asylum and Migration,Opening Doors: A Global Survey of NGO Attitudes towards LGBTI Refugees and Asylum Seekers (2012).
• Report: International Commission of Jurists, Yogyakarta Principles – Principles on the application of international human rights law in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity (2007).
• Article: Naomi Abraham, Salon.com, Gay Africans Flee Persecution (2011).
• Article: Andrew Harmon, The Advocate, Out of Harm’s Way(2012).
• Article: Andrew Harmon, The Advocate, Protecting LGBT Refugees from Violence (2012).
• Article: David Smith, The Guardian, Gay African Refugees face Abduction, Violence and Rape in Uganda and Kenya (2012).

Refugees Mislabeled Terrorists

• Article: Gregory Pratt, Minneapolis City Pages, “The Terrorists Next Door” (2012)
• Article: Seth Freed Wessler, Colorlines, “Feds Use Counter-Terrorism Laws to Fuel Deportation Machine” (2012)
• Article: Tom Strode, Baptist Press, “Refugees Wrongly Labeled ‘Terrorists” (2012)
• Blog: Dear DHS: My Husband Is Not A Terrorist—Can He Come Home? (2012)
• Blog: Barrett Duke, The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, Southern Baptist Convention, “The Trouble with TRIG” (2012)
• Blog: You Might Be a “Terrorist” and Not Even Realize It! (2012)
• Blog: Penalizing Doctors for the Acts of their Patients (2011)
• Article: Hugh Eakin and Alisa Roth, New York Review of Books, “Treating Refugees as Terrorists” (2010)
• Blog: Refugees Defined as Terrorists: Human Rights First report featured in Washington Post (2009)
• Statement: Overly Broad Immigration Provisions Redefine Thousands of Legitimate Refugees, Asylum Seekers as “Terrorists” (2009)
• Report: Denial and Delay: The Impact of the Immigration Law’s “Terrorism Bars” on Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the United States (Full Report) (Executive Summary) (Fact Sheet) (Real-Life Refugee Stories) (2009)
• Blog: Supreme Court Issues Decision on “Persecutor” Bar to Asylum (2009)
• Amicus Brief: S-K- v. Gonzales (2007)
• Testimony: Anwen Hughes, Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, “The ‘Material Support’ Bar: Denying Refuge to the Persecuted?” (2007)
• Testimony: Anwen Hughes, Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, “Casualties of War: Child Soldiers and the Law” (2007)
• Article: Darryl Fears, Washington Post, U.S. Anti-Terrorism Laws Hold Up Asylum Seekers (2007)
• Op-ed: Anwen Hughes, Human Rights First, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Sunday Forum: Double jeopardy (2007)
• Op-ed: Leonard S. Rubenstein, Physicians for Human Rights, Washington Post, Doctors Without Refuge (2007)
• Article: Darryl Fears, Washington Post, Waiver Plan Would Aid Some Asylum-Seekers (2007)
• Article: Rachel L. Swarns, New York Times, Administration Offers Plan to Ease Rules on Asylum (2007)
• Article: Suzanne Gamboa, AP, Anti-Terrorism Restrictions Eased (2007)
• Article: Darryl Fears, Washington Post, Conservatives Decry Terror Laws’ Impact on Refugees (2007)
• Article: T.R. Goldman, Legal Times, Refugees from Oppressive Regimes Kept Out (2006)
• Editorial: New York Times, Terrorists or Victims? (2006)
• Editorial: Washington Post, Real Injustice (2006)
• Article: Rachel L. Swarns, New York Times, Provision of Antiterror Law Delays Entry of Refugees (2006)
• Report: Abandoning the Persecuted: Victims of Terrorism and Oppression Barred from Asylum (2006)
• Amicus Brief: Matter of R-K- (2006)
• More information on “terrorism” bars to asylum

U.S. Asylum System Reform

• Letter: To Congress from 80 organizations, 82 law professors, in support of recommendations on asylum for immigration reform (2013)
•  Letter: To the Obama Administration from 80 organizations, 82 law professors, in support of recommendations on asylum for immigration reform (2013)
• Fact Sheet: The Road to Safety: Strengthening Protection for LGBTI Refugees in Uganda and Kenya (2012)
• Report: Jails and Jumpsuits: Transforming the U.S. Immigration Detention System – A Two-Year Review (2011)
• Blog: The Human Rights Struggle in Our Backyard (2011)
• Blog: Clinton Reaffirms U.S. Commitment to Refugee Protection Is Highest Humanitarian Priority (2011)
• Blog: United States Should Lead by Example in Protection of Refugees (2011)
• Blog: “Rational Enforcement” – A Good Step for the Immigration Courts (2011)
• Testimony: U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, “Improving Efficiency and Ensuring Justice in the Immigration Court System” (2011)
• Paper: Recommendations for U.S. Pledges in Commemoration of the 60^th Anniversary of the Refugee Convention (2011)
• Blog: Human Rights First Commemorates 60th Anniversary of Refugee Convention (2011)
• Blog: The ABC’s of Asylum, Post-DSK (2011)
• Statement: For World Refugee Day, Human Rights First Highlights Contributions of U.S. Communities, and Urges Support for Asylum and Detention Reform (2011)
• Statement: New Legislation Would Help Restore U.S. Commitment to Refugee Protection (2011)
• Fact Sheet: Refugee Protection Act of 2011 (S.1202/H.R.2185) (2011)
• Statement: Human Rights First Commemorates World Refugee Day, Calls on U.S. Policymakers to Pass the Refugee Protection Act of 2010 (2010)
• Fact Sheet: Refugee Protection Act of 2010 (S.3113) (2010)
• Report: The Asylum Filing Deadline: Denying Protection to the Persecuted and Undermining Governmental Efficiency (2010)
• Report: Denial and Delay: The Impact of the Immigration Law’s “Terrorism Bars” on Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the United States (2010)
• Report: Renewing U.S. Commitment to Refugee Protection: The 30th Anniversary of the Refugee Act (2010)
• Paper: Recommendations for Consideration During the U.S. Universal Periodic Review (2010)
• Blog: Protecting Refugees: an American Commitment and Tradition (2010)
• Blueprint: How to Repair the U.S. Asylum System (2009)

Refugee Resettlement

• Report: The Road to Safety: Strengthening Protection of LGBTI Refugees in Uganda and Kenya (2012)
• Blog: Iraq War Ends; Refugee Protection Does Not (2011)
• Blog: U.S. Withdraws Troops from Iraq, But Must Not Abandon Its Refugees (2011)
• Blog: Final Troop Withdrawal Should Not Signal End of U.S. Commitment to the Most Vulnerable Iraqis (2011)
• Blog: Case of Libyan Woman Highlights Need for Expedited Resettlement Processes (2011)
• Statement: Reaction to Eman al-Obeidy’s U.S. Resettlement (2011)
• Blog: U.S. Obligations in Refugee Crises Are Multiple, Including Support for Resettlement of the Most Vulnerable (2011)
• Blog: Mass flight from Libya presents urgent need for the U.S. to implement reforms to its refugee resettlement program (2011)
• Backgrounder:  States’ Obligations to Protect Refugees Fleeing Libya: Backgrounder (2011)
• Blog: Attacks on Middle Eastern Christians underscore urgent need for reforms in U.S. resettlement program (2011)
• Report: Living in Limbo: Iraqi Refugees and U.S. Resettlement (Executive Summary) (2010)
• Fact Sheet: Living in Limbo: Iraqi Refugees and U.S. Resettlement (2010)
• Statement: U.S. Processing Delays Leave Thousands of Iraqi Refugees in Limbo (2010)
• Statement: Bombs Targeting Christians in Baghdad Fuel Refugee Concerns (2010)
• Report: Testimony, Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: “No Way Home, No Way to Escape: The Plight of Iraqi Refugees and Our Iraqi Allies” (2010)
• Report: Promises to the Persecuted: The Refugee Crisis in Iraq Act (2009)
• Blog: Iraq: The Refugee Crisis Five Years On (2008)
• Statement: Human Rights First Welcomes Bipartisan Bill to Protect Iraqi Refugees (2007)
• More information on Iraqi refugee protection