United States
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Doe v. Rhoden et al: Stopping sexual abuse in immigration detention
Ana Doe (a pseudonym) is a 33-year-old woman who survived human trafficking only to be sexually abused by guards at Floridaâs Baker County Detention Facility.
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WIRED: DHS Faces New Pressure Over DNA Taken From Immigrant Children
Tags Share The U.S. government has been quietly collecting DNA from migrant children on a massive scale and is now storing their genetic profiles in an FBI criminal database built to track violent offenders. In a searing new report, Senator Ron Wyden demanded answers from the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, accusing the Trump…
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Dispatches from Detention: Detained for Riding a Bike without a Light
Tags Share Dispatches from Detention shares stories of people encountered by RFK Human Rights attorneys in legal outreach trips to the countryâs most isolated immigration detention centers. Names have been changed to protect privacy. Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center, Jena, Louisiana âI was just going home from the store.â â Wilmer, 19, from Nicaragua Wilmer,…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share U.S. Botched a Deal to Swap Venezuelans Held in El Salvador for Americans The Trump administrationâs top diplomat, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, was overseeing a deal to free several Americans and dozens of political prisoners held in Venezuela in exchange for sending home about 250 Venezuelan migrants the United States had deported…
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Newsweek: More ICE Deaths ‘Inevitable’ as Detention Numbers Soar
Tags Share Deaths in U.S. immigration detention have already matched last yearâs total, with months still left in the fiscal year, and advocates warn the toll will rise. Amid record-high detention levels under the Trump administration, RFK Human Rights and the ACLU are sounding the alarm on dangerous, preventable conditions inside ICE facilities. Speaking with…
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CNN: Cuts to DHS watchdogs spark more questions as deportation efforts increase
Tags Share As deaths in immigration detention rise and new facilities rapidly expand, the Trump administration has slashed oversight mechanisms within the Department of Homeland Security. Advocates, including RFK Human Rights, warn that the gutting of key accountability offices mandated by Congress puts lives at risk due to the âinhumane conditions, medical neglect, and abuse…
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Mississippi Public Broadcasting: Kerry Kennedy joins Mississippi Edition at Medgar Evers’ Legacy at 100th Birthday Celebration
Tags Share Kerry Kennedy, daughter of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, recently joined other daughters of very influential public figures who lost their lives to violence to commemorate what would have been Medgar Eversâ 100th birthday. In this interview with Mississippi Public Broadcasting, Kerry describes these activists as people who would ârun into the flamesâ to…
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The Associated Press: Daughter of assassinated civil rights leader sees painful echoes of political violence in America
Tags Share In Jackson, Mississippi, daughters of civil rights icons Medgar Evers, Vernon Dahmer, and Robert F. Kennedy gathered to honor Eversâ 100th birthday and reflect on the enduring threat of political violence in America. Kerry Kennedy urged the crowd to remember not only the legacy of these leaders, but also the hatred that cut…
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Ninety U.S. civil society groups express âdeep concernâ to FIFA about immigration policies ahead of 2026 World Cup
Tags Share Ninety U.S.-based civil society groups have warned FIFA that it risks becoming a âpublic relations tool to whitewash the reputation of an increasingly authoritarian governmentâ, in a joint letter that calls on FIFA to publicly urge the US government to reverse immigration policies and practices introduced by the Trump administration. The letter describes…
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Bloomberg: Florida Taps Contractors With No Detention Experience for âAlligator Alcatrazâ
Tags Share In Florida, Governor Ron DeSantis is rapidly constructing a massive state-run immigrant detention facility nicknamed âAlligator Alcatraz,â designed to hold thousands of people detained under President Trumpâs deportation plan. The site, built on an abandoned airstrip in the Everglades, has drawn backlash from human rights advocates and environmentalists. RFK Human Rightsâ Anthony Enriquez…
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Mississippi Public Broadcasting: âDaddy Daughters:â Honoring Civil Rights Fathers During Medgar Evers Centennial Celebration
Tags Share In Jackson, Mississippi, a moving panel brought together the daughters of civil rights leaders to honor what would have been Medgar Eversâ 100th birthday. The women shared personal stories of joy, resilience, and loss before a packed audience of civil rights veterans, students, and community members. Kerry Kennedy, president of RFK Human Rights…
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Mississippi Today: Daughters of civil rights heroes, writers hear echoes of past
Tags Share In Jackson, Mississippi, daughters of civil rights icons Medgar Evers, Vernon Dahmer, and Robert F. Kennedy gathered to share powerful personal stories in honor of what would have been Medgar Eversâ 100th birthday. Kerry Kennedy, president of RFK Human Rights, reflected on her fatherâs legacy of courage, recalling how he ran toward the…
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