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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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RFK Human Rights publishes resource guide for victims of arbitrary detention
Tags Share Washington, D.C., May 28, 2025 – Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights today published a new guide that outlines best practices for engaging with the United States government on arbitrary and wrongful detention cases. The guide was created as a practical resource for family members of individuals who are arbitrarily detained overseas. It is…
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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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Guide on Engaging the United States Government on Arbitrary or Wrongful Detention Cases
Tags Share Addressing arbitrary and wrongful detention through advocacy and litigation is an area of extensive expertise and experience for RFK Human Rights. In the last decade, we have worked with families of arbitrarily and wrongfully detained individuals, including US persons, to facilitate their release and return home. A central reflection from our engagements with…
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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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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Maine Gov. Janet Mills to Receive Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award Maine Gov. Janet Mills will receive an award from the Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights. RFK Human Rights announced Thursday that Mills is one of three recipients of its 42nd annual Human Rights Award. The other two are Elizabeth Oyer, a former…
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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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WMTW: Maine Gov. Janet Mills to receive Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award
Tags Share RFK Human Rights recently named Maine Governor Janet Mills as one of the recipients of its 42nd annual Human Rights Award. Reporting on this news, WMTW highlights the Mills administration’s successful legal battle to restore federal funding for school nutrition programs serving 172,000 children in Maine. Mills joins fellow honorees Elizabeth Oyer, the…
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