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June 27, 2018

Proven Alternatives to Mass Incarceration of Families

By Michelle Walker On June 20, 2018 President Trump signed Executive Order 13841, titled “Affording Congress an Opportunity to Address Family Separation,” which called for the temporary halt of...

June 27, 2018

Top 10 Reasons Family Incarceration is Not a Solution

The Trump Administration is attempting to replace its failed policy of family separation with the failed policy of family incarceration. ICE already detains families at three facilities in Dilley and...

June 27, 2018

Family Separation Ruling Leaves Zero-Tolerance Policy in Place

New York City—In response to last night’s preliminary injunction that all children separated from their parents by the Trump Administration must be reunited within 30 days, Human Rights First’s...

June 26, 2018

Supreme Court Upholds Muslim Ban, Ruling in Favor of Discrimination

Washington, D.C.—In response to today’s ruling that upheld the Trump Administration’s Muslim ban, Human Rights First’s Hardy Vieux issued the following statement: It is...

June 25, 2018

Administration Pauses Prosecution of Refugee Families

Washington, D.C.—In response to today’s reports that the Trump Administration has temporarily paused prosecutions of parents who enter the United States between official border points, Human Rights...

June 25, 2018

Human Rights First Condemns President Trump’s Attack on the Constitution

Washington, D.C.—Human Rights First today condemned President Trump’s attacks on the constitutional right of due process in comments he made concerning immigration policy. In response to...

June 24, 2018

DHS Memo Fails to Outline Steps for Reunifying Families Seeking Protection

New York City—In response to the Zero-Tolerance Prosecution and Family Reunification fact sheet issued by the Department of Homeland Security last night, Human Rights First’s Eleanor Acer issued the...

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January 1, 2019

Prisons and Punishment: Treatment of Asylum Seekers and Immigrants in California

The Trump Administration has launched numerous executive orders, proclamations, and policies targeting asylum seekers and immigrants. Family separations, asylum bans, criminal prosecutions for migration offenses, and lengthy detentions are but a few examples.

Please join Human Rights First and Morgan Lewis for a panel discussion about the impact on asylum seekers and immigrants in California and beyond.

Thursday,
January 24, 2019
4:00–5:00 pm
Cocktail reception to follow

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Factsheet | 2018

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Report | April 22, 2019

Barred at the Border: Wait “Lists” Leave Asylum Seekers in Peril at Texas Ports of Entry

While President Trump reportedly demanded that former Secretary of Homeland Security Kristjen Nielsen resign over her failure to block all asylum seekers from entering the country, the United States...

Blueprint | April 05, 2019

The Real Solution: Regional Response Rather than Border Closures, Mass Incarceration, and Refugee Returns

The Trump Administration has purposefully mismanaged the refugee and humanitarian challenges pushing people to flee political repression, human rights abuses, economic deprivation, and climate...

Factsheet | April 03, 2019

U.S. Refugee Resettlement Remains at Record Lows Halfway into FY 2019

Despite record-breaking levels of global displacement, the Trump Administration has drastically reduced refugee resettlement since taking office. The United States welcomed only 22,491 refugees in...

Report | March 22, 2019

Family Incarceration Continues to Endanger Children, Impede Access to Legal Information & Waste Government Resources

The Trump Administration continues to incarcerate families in immigration jails and to push to hold them there for even longer. In fiscal year 2018, more than 45,000 parents and children were held in...