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WASHINGTON D.C. – Human Rights First welcomes the announcement by the Department of Homeland Security and Department of State to assure that Afghan nationals who worked with the U.S. military and the...
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Report | July 22, 2022
This Shadow Report is submitted for the combined tenth, eleventh, and twelfth periodic review of the United States (“US”) by the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (“Committee”)....
Letter | July 20, 2022
Dear President Biden and Vice President Harris:
In light of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Biden v. Texas, which concluded that the Biden administration acted within its authority to end the...
Letter | July 15, 2022
Dear Speaker Pelosi, Minority Leader McCarthy, Chairwoman DeLauro, and Ranking Member Granger,
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The undersigned civil society organizations write to express our grave concern...
Letter | August 13, 2021
Dear President Biden, Secretary Mayorkas, Ambassador Rice, and Advisor Sullivan:
We, the 95 undersigned organizations, write to express our profound disappointment at Secretary Mayorkas...
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