Immigration
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Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy Trumps Hatred and Ill-Will
Tags Share (Washington, DC) – Building from a first term riddled with policies that violated human rights, the incoming Trump administration has proposed a dangerous path for the future. Some of the policies championed by President Trump and his surrogates during the campaign could also give new purchase to white supremacy in the United States,…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Forced prison labor in the “Land of the Free” From fighting wildfires to toiling in the kitchens of some of the country’s most popular food franchises, incarcerated workers perform vital functions across the United States and produce billions of dollars in value for the public and private sectors. Yet they are paid very little (between…
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USA Today: Unjustly deported, I’m pleading for a chance to come home
Tags Share Unjustly deported to Haiti in 2021, RFKHR client and longtime New Yorker Paul Pierrilus is still fighting for a chance to come home. Writing for the USA Today Network, Paul describes his daily struggle to survive in a country torn apart by gang violence, kidnappings, and political instability and pleads with the Biden administration to facilitate…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share LA’s Wildfires Threaten Almost 40 Prisons and Jails. Here’s How They’re Responding As of Thursday afternoon, more than 180,000 Los Angeles residents have been ordered to evacuate as deadly fires ravage the city. Hurricane-force winds reaching up to 100 miles per hour whipped the blazes into a frenzy. According to an analysis by The Appeal, dozens of jails, prisons, and…
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Supporting Community During Trump 2.0: Advocacy and Emergency Litigation on Behalf of Community Members Who are Subject to Check-Ins with ICE
Share Join Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, Justice for Migrant Families and Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York for a free webinar on using emergency litigation and community organizing to stop detention and deportation of people with final orders of removal who are required to check in with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) during the Trump administration. Justice for Migrant Families,…
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Inside the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility
Tags Share Speaking with The Buffalo News, our VP of U.S. Advocacy and Litigation Anthony Enriquez discusses abuses at the Buffalo Federal Detention Facility and the Trump Administration’s plans to increase deportations and capacity at ICE detention facilities. Read the full article here.
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Complaint exposes torture and cruel and degrading treatment at Louisiana immigration detention center
Tags Share Lawyers representing a human rights activist detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement filed a complaint in December 2024 that exposes the use of torture and other cruel and degrading treatment, including sexual abuse and prolonged solitary confinement, at the Central Louisiana ICE Processing Center in Jena, Louisiana, a private prison that operates as a federal…
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Human Rights Education Speaker Series: A Conversation with Arely Westley
Tags Share A longtime advocate for immigrant, Latinx, and LGBTQ+ communities, Arely Westley works with numerous organizations in New Orleans to uplift LGBTQ+ youth, to stop abuses in ICE detention facilities, and to expand access to immigrant support services. Westley was recognized as this year’s RFK Human Rights Award laureate for her tireless efforts to…
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Defending Human Rights During Trump 2.0: Stopping Deportation Through Emergency Federal Court Litigation Alongside Community Organizing
Interested in litigation and community organizing? Subscribe to the Justice Roundup newsletter to get more of the latest on human rights advocacy and litigation, delivered straight to your inbox. Tags Share On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, the ACLU of Louisiana, and the Southeast Dignity Not Detention Coalition hosted a webinar…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Female migrant in Florida subjected to ‘horrific’ treatment, complaint alleges A female migrant in mental distress was kept in solitary confinement for a month at a Florida detention center, then mocked and leered at by male guards after they strapped her almost naked to a restraint chair, a federal civil rights complaint alleges. “Ana came…
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The Guardian: Female migrant in Florida subjected to ‘horrific’ treatment, complaint alleges
Tags Share A recent civil rights complaint alleges abuse and neglect at a Florida immigration detention center. A woman detained in a facility with a long history of allegations of mistreatment, identified only as Ana in the report, detailed extensive mental and sexual abuse. “Ana came to Baker vulnerable and in need, and officers responded…
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This Week’s Spotlight on Human Rights
Tags Share Private Prison Companies Call Trump’s Deportation Plans ‘Unprecedented Opportunity’ Trump made mass deportation of undocumented immigrants ― and even some immigrants who are here with legal protections ― a cornerstone of his 2024 campaign, building on years of racist and dehumanizing rhetoric about immigrants, speaking affectionately for President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s mass deportation program, and even invoking an 18th-century…
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