Quotes & Media Coverage
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FOX 23: Gov. Mills awarded RFK Human Rights Award for standing up to Trump admin.
Tags Share As covered by FOX23, Maine Governor Janet Mills recently received the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for her successful lawsuit against the Trump administration, which attempted to withhold school nutrition funding over the state’s transgender athlete policies. Kerry Kennedy praised Mills for her moral courage, calling her a leader who stood up…
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Courthouse News Services: State Department faces lawsuit over migrant detention agreement with El Salvador
Tags Share “Ten of our clients were kidnapped from U.S. streets and locked away in one of the world’s most notorious blackhole prisons in a scheme to use U.S. taxpayer dollars for enforced disappearances, incommunicado detention and torture.” Quoted in Courthouse News Service, our vice president of U.S. Advocacy and Litigation Anthony Enriquez describes RFK…
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The Hill: State Department sued over Trump deal to house migrants in El Salvador prison
Tags Share RFK Human Rights and other immigrant advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit against the State Department over a controversial Trump administration deal that pays El Salvador to house deported migrants in a new prison facility. The lawsuit argues that the agreement is not only a violation of U.S. asylum laws but also illegal…
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AP News: Immigrant rights groups sue to invalidate Trump administration’s El Salvador prison deal
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, along with other immigrant rights groups, has filed a lawsuit to invalidate the Trump administration’s controversial deal with El Salvador, which allows the transfer of deported individuals to a new prison facility in the country. The groups argue that the agreement violates U.S. asylum laws and international human…
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Bloomberg: Trump Faces New Lawsuit Over Migrants Sent to Salvadoran Prison
Tags Share The Trump administration faces a new legal challenge over its agreement with El Salvador to detain migrants in the notoriously harsh CECOT prison. Filed in federal court, the lawsuit alleges that the arrangement violates U.S. laws by denying due process, using unauthorized federal funds, and subjecting detainees to cruel and unusual punishment. Robert…
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WABI 5: Gov. Mills receives Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award
Tags Share Maine Governor Janet Mills has been named one of three 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award Laureates, honored for her moral courage and steadfast defense of civil rights. RFK Human Rights recognized her for successfully suing the federal government and the Trump administration to restore school nutrition funding for 172,000 Maine children.…
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WMTW: Gov. Mills receives RFK Human Rights Award
Tags Share “I feel it is the responsibility of all Americans to speak in defense of their principles, for the rights of others, and for the rule of law which protects us all.” Governor Janet Mills was honored with the 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award in Washington, D.C., recognized for her legal advocacy…
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CBS News: Immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra’s daughters accept RFK award while she remains in ICE custody
Tags Share Denver immigration activist Jeanette Vizguerra was honored with a Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, but was unable to accept it in person as she remains in ICE custody. Her daughters, Luna and Zury Vizguerra, accepted the award on her behalf during the ceremony, highlighting her ongoing fight for immigrant rights and justice. …
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WIRED: ICE Quietly Scales Back Rules for Courthouse Raids
Tags Share ICE has quietly rescinded guidance that required its agents to respect state and local laws during courthouse raids, giving frontline officers more discretion to make arrests without legal review. Anthony Enriquez of RFK Human Rights calls this move “another attack” on protections for sensitive places like courthouses and schools. Recent high-profile arrests at…
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ABC News: Immigration courts dismissing cases of Venezuelan migrants sent to El Salvador: Attorneys
Tags Share Immigration courts are dismissing the cases of Venezuelan migrants deported to El Salvador under the Alien Enemies Act, sparking alarm among lawyers and human rights advocates who say the move violates due process. Attorneys say these migrants, many with pending asylum claims or legal protections like TPS, were deported without fair hearings, and…
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Pittsburgh Post Gazette: At Pa.’s largest detention center, immigrant safety endangered as cuts cripple DHS oversight arm
Tags Share At Pennsylvania’s largest immigrant detention center, Moshannon Valley, conditions have become increasingly dangerous amid severe cuts to the Department of Homeland Security’s civil rights oversight office. A sweeping investigation into death, abuse, medical neglect, sexual harassment, and excessive solitary confinement has been jeopardized after the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL)…
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CNN: Trump appointee grilled in court about shuttering Homeland Security offices tasked with civil rights oversight
Tags Share A federal judge said that she had concerns about being “hoodwinked” by plans put forward in her courtroom Monday by a Trump appointee to rebuild three offices focused on civil rights oversight within the Department of Homeland Security that were eviscerated with mass layoffs set to take effect this week. US District Judge…
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