Dear Members of Congress, We the undersigned 1,025 organizations write to express our horror, outrage and deep grief about the news that federal agents have executed a human being in broad daylight on ...

Human Rights First (HRF) is galvanizing cross-cutting action in response to the wide range of human and civil rights abuses—at home and abroad—committed by the Trump administration during its first ...

Our efforts include Project: Afghan Legal Assistance (PALA), where attorneys can help with legal resettlement issues, and the Evacuate Our Allies coalition, which advocates for protections for at-risk ...

Asylum is a legal status that the U.S. government can grant to people who are at risk of harm in their home countries because of who they are—because of their religion, political opinion, sexual ...

On the first day of the Trump-Vance Administration, the President issued a host of anti-immigrant and -refugee Executive Orders that undermine our national security, tarnish our global reputation, and ...

According to DOJ statistics, between 2013 and 2017, 92 percent of asylum seekers appeared in court to receive a final decision on their claims. In FY 2018, 89.4 percent of those who applied for asylum ...

Yearly cost to U.S. taxpayers of a prisoner in a maximum security federal prison: Approximately $78,000. Yearly cost to hold each detainee at Guantánamo: More than $10 million. Annual cost to operate ...

People fleeing persecution and torture who are seeking refugee protection enjoy the fundamental right to apply for asylum under international law. That right, however, has been curtailed in many ...

As detailed in a Shadow Report submitted to the CERD Committee, Black non-citizens in the US face disparate treatment and racially discriminatory immigration, detention, and enforcement systems. This ...

Human Rights First exists to actualize free and equal societies, leading actions that hold oppressors accountable and free people from injustice. Over our 40-year history, Human Rights First has ...

Today, Human Rights First’s Innovation Lab announced the launch of ReadyNow!, a free and secure mobile app designed to help immigrants prepare for possible detention and act quickly in moments of ...

WHAT IS XENOPHOBIA & ANTI-IMMIGRANT EXTREMISM? Xenophobia and anti-immigrant extremism perpetuate the idea that immigrants, or people who are perceived to be “foreign” or “outsiders,” threaten America ...