U.S. Advocacy and Litigation
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RFK Human Rights, Adasina Social Capital, and FreeCap Launch New Briefs Highlighting Financial Risks of Private Prison Investments
Tags Share New York, NY, May 29, 2025 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, in partnership with Adasina Social Capital and FreeCap Financial, has released the first in a new quarterly series of investor risk briefs detailing financial risks for shareholders of GEO Group and CoreCivic, private prison companies operating upwards of 90% of U.S.…
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91.5 KJZZ Phoenix: DHS oversight offices return to function, but questions remain about their future
Tags Share Almost all employees at three key oversight offices within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) were laid off when the agency closed them in March, citing a shift in mission. Speaking with KJZZ Phoenix, Anthony Enriquez, Vice President of U.S. Advocacy and Litigation at Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, criticized the move, emphasizing…
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Immigrants’ rights organizations file FOIA lawsuit over illegal age determination procedures for unaccompanied immigrant children
Tags Share New York, NY, May 28, 2025 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, the National Immigration Project, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana last week filed suit for records of a government investigation on coercion of unaccompanied immigrant children by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
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Quarterly Investor Risk Briefs for Private Prison Companies Geo Group and CoreCivic
Our quarterly investor risk briefs highlight timely risks for shareholders in GEO Group and CoreCivic.
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RFK Human Rights v. Department of Homeland Security: Exposing coercion of unaccompanied children
This case under the Freedom of Information Act seeks to expose the U.S. government’s practice of depriving unaccompanied immigrant children of legal protections from deportation and imprisonment in adult detention centers by destroying their birth certificates, coercing false confessions of adulthood, and falsifying age records through racially biased, pseudo-scientific forensic tests.
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DHS Reverses Decision to Abolish Three Key Civil Rights Offices
Tags Share WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Homeland Security today announced that it will not abolish the Department’s Offices for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL), the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman, or the Immigration Detention Ombudsman, reversing a previous move to shutter the offices. In short notes at the top of each office’s…
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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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CNN: Trump appointee grilled in court about shuttering Homeland Security offices tasked with civil rights oversight
Tags Share A federal judge expressed concern Monday about being “hoodwinked” by plans to rebuild three civil rights oversight offices within the Department of Homeland Security, which are facing mass layoffs. While Judge Ana Reyes said she found testimony from USCIS Ombudsman Ronald Sartini credible and believed he was acting in good faith, she emphasized…
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The Denver Post: Jeanette Vizguerra — held by ICE in Aurora — named a winner of Robert F. Kennedy human rights award
Tags Share The Denver Post reports that Jeanette Vizguerra, a longtime Colorado immigration advocate currently held in ICE detention, has been named one of three recipients of the 42nd annual Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award. Honored alongside Maine Gov. Janet Mills and former DOJ pardon attorney Elizabeth Oyer, Vizguerra was recognized for her grassroots…
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Miami Herald: We heard first hand the horrors of El Salvador mega prison housing Trump’s deportees | Opinion
Tags Share A delegation from RFK Human Rights recently traveled to El Salvador to learn about conditions of the newly constructed mega-prison, which houses hundreds of individuals deported by the U.S. under the Trump administration. During their visit, the delegation heard first-hand accounts of the abuse and overcrowding in the facility, where many individuals face…
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Monroe v. United States: Dismantling barriers to accountability for police brutality
This case seeks to protect the human right to a remedy and reparation for survivors and victims of U.S. police brutality. It asks the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to instruct the United States to reform civil laws to ensure access to civil remedies for people subjected to police brutality.
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