Immigration
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World Refugee Day: Despite obstacles, RFK Human Rights, others continue fight to end Title 42
Tags Share Last summer, when Guerline Jozef, co-founder and executive director of the Haitian Bridge Alliance received the 2021 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award, she seized the occasion to advocate for an end to Title 42, a Trump administration policy that allows U.S. border officials to expel refugees back to Mexico or their home…
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Davis v. Garland: Fighting Prolonged Civil Detention Without The Chance To Ask A Judge For Freedom
This case seeks to affirm immigrants’ rights to U.S. constitutional protections against unjustly prolonged civil detention.
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Bangladesh: Restore and strengthen capacity of community-led schools in Rohingya camps
Tags Share Bangladesh’s government must urgently take steps to support the community-led learning facilities in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar and strengthen their resources in line with the country’s international commitment to protect children’s right to education, 25 undersigned organizations said in a statement today. About 30 community-led schools have been shut down…
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Investigative Post: Allegations of ICE Mistreatment of Detainees
Tags Share According to the Investigative Post, a coalition of immigrants’ rights advocates, including Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, has filed a FOIA request with ICE, alleging severe mistreatment at the Batavia federal detention center. The allegations include beatings, medical neglect, and unsafe release practices, such as abandoning detainees at remote locations without proper clothing…
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Six Month Anniversary Del Rio report Details a Living Legacy of Anti-Haitian Discrimination in U.S. Immigration System
Tags Share WASHINGTON, D.C.–Six months after photos revealed mounted Border Patrol agents chasing and grabbing Haitian migrants to prevent them from bringing food to their families, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and the Haitian Bridge Alliance have released a new report unveiling the full scope of the abuses that occurred in Del Rio, Texas, and…
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Six month anniversary Del Rio report details a living legacy of anti-Haitian discrimination in U.S. immigration system
Tags Share Six months after photos revealed mounted Border Patrol agents chasing and grabbing Haitian migrants to prevent them from bringing food to their families, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and the Haitian Bridge Alliance have released a new report unveiling the full scope of the abuses that occurred in Del Rio, Texas, and in…
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TPS for Ukraine should be part of a broader vision of humanitarian protection—regardless of race
Tags Share By Sarah Decker and Daniel Tse By granting Temporary Protection Status to Ukrainian refugees who have fled their war-torn homeland, the Biden administration has sent a clear message that it is prioritizing humanitarian protection for victims of war and disaster. Just not across the board. With the Biden administration official revealing Thursday that…
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Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Calls on the Biden Administration to Immediately Designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Cameroon
Tags Share Today, on the National Black Immigrant Advocacy Day of Action, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights stands alongside our partners at Cameroon Advocacy Network (CAN) to urge President Joe Biden, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to immediately designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Cameroon. “The Biden…
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Cameroon In Crisis: Protect Our Contri Pipo!
Share The Cameroon Advocacy Network, a coalition of social justice partners including RFK Human Rights, is hosting a webinar, “Cameroon In Crisis: Protect Our Contri Pipo!” The discussion aims to raise public awareness on the humanitarian crises and political violence that have gripped Cameroon over the last decade, forcing thousands of Cameroonians to run for…
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Biden Promised to End the Trump-Era Immigration Policy. On the Ground, It’s More of the Same
Roughly 2,000 Black migrants in Del Rio, Texas, were sent back to Haiti in one of the largest mass expulsions in recent U.S. history.
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Kerry Kennedy: Bearing Witness to the Human Rights Abuses in Del Rio
We should all be appalled by the conditions facing our Haitian sisters and brothers, and other Black migrants at the U.S. southern border.
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The Racist and Illegal Expulsion of Black Migrants in Del Rio
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights condemns the abhorrent treatment of Haitians and other Black migrants at the Texas-Mexico border.
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