Case Citation Hodge v. Mayorkas, 2024 WL 5111917 (2d Cir. Sept. 18, 2024) (vacating Hodge v. Garland, 699 F. Supp. 3d 212 (W.D.N.Y. 2023)) Tags Criminal Legal System, Immigration Share
Tags Share Immigrants’ rights advocates, including Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, signed a letter today urging the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Department of Defense (DOD), and State Department to provide immediate access to the noncitizens transferred from immigration detention facilities in the United States and currently detained at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Their letter comes ahead of…
Case Citation Barnes v. Felix, No. 23-1239 (cert. granted Oct. 4, 2024) Tags Share Case Partners
Tags Share Will Trump’s Executive Order Require Americans to Carry ID or Face Arrest? Among President Donald Trump’s slew of immigration-related executive orders signed in his first week is mention of an 80-year law that went largely unnoticed. In seeking to tighten border security, Trump invoked a rule requiring immigrants to carry identification proving their status — something civil-rights groups…
Tags Share In Capitol Weekly, Fanta NGom, RFK Human Right’s Director of Business and Human Rights, critiques California’s refusal to pay fair wages to incarcerated firefighters battling recent wildfires. Ngom highlights how this practice exposes systemic inequality and the inhumane treatment inherent in prison labor systems across the country. Read the full article here.
Tags Share Trump Reverses Biden Directive on Policing Reforms Hours into his return to the Oval Office, President Trump revoked an executive order that aimed to “advance effective, accountable policing and criminal justice practices to enhance public trust and public safety.” But Trump did not just revoke many of his predecessor’s reforms — he also in the process reversed…
Tags Share After passing The Laken Riley Act in the House, the United States Congress is empowering an already aggressive anti-immigrant administration by opening a path to criminalize, detain, and deport large numbers of people while stripping them of their due process rights. Speaking with Newsweek, our VP of U.S. Advocacy, Anthony Enriquez, notes that…
Tags Share The Young Leaders program at RFK Human Rights has been a dynamic force for change since its inception, and its story is one of continuous growth, adaptation, and commitment to justice. The program’s trajectory from its early beginnings as RFK Young Leaders to its current form as the John Lewis Young Leaders fellowship…
Tags Share “That would likely mean tens of billions in taxpayer funds sent to private prison companies. They are salivating.” In an article revealing the private prison industry’s profit-driven interest in the Laken Riley Act, Common Dreams highlights a piece by our VP of U.S. Advocacy, Anthony Enriquez, exposing how private prisons stand to gain…
Tags Share Nearly a decade after the tragic death of 24-year-old Ashtian Barnes, the Supreme Court is set to hear Barnes v. Felix, a civil rights case brought by Barnes’s mother to seek accountability for his unnecessary loss. In a contribution to an article published in the San Francisco Chronicle, Medha Raman, Dale and James…
Tags Share A Personal Passion for Disarmament and Human Rights Jonathan’s drive for advocacy stems from his upbringing as the child of Vietnamese refugees. His parents’ harrowing experiences during the Vietnam War, including surviving bombings and displacement, shaped his understanding of the human cost of conflict. “My parents were Vietnamese refugees. Both of my parents…
Tags Share A Capstone Project to Inspire Change Connor’s passion for reentry work began during his internship at Dismas House, a reentry home in northern Indiana. There, he helped returning citizens secure jobs and navigate the barriers to reintegration. Inspired by this experience, he designed an innovative in-person simulation game that immerses participants in the…
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