Immigration
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Three Texas Organizations Helping Immigrant Families Receive RFK Human Rights Award
Tags Share To cheers of “Sí, Se Puede,” (“Yes, we can”) three organizations that work closely with immigrant families at the nation’s southern border were honored Thursday with the 2019 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award. The three recipients are South Texas groups: the Angry Tías and Abuelas of the Río Grande Valley; the Detained…
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Three Organizations Fighting for Migrant Rights Win 2019 RFK Human Rights Award
RFK Human Rights is honored to recognize Angry Tias and Abuelas of the Rio Grande Valley, Detained Migrant Solidarity Committee, and La Unión del Pueblo Entero for their tireless work.
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Ethel Kennedy Joins Hunger Strike to Protest Trump’s Immigration Policies
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy’s 90-year-old widow Ethel Kennedy has joined a hunger strike to protest the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policies and the separation of families at the U.S.-Mexico border. The collective fast, organized by Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and several other activist groups, started on Saturday and will last for 24…
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Activists, Celebrities Launch Hunger Strike to End Trump’s Zero Tolerance Policy
Tags Share Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights and our coalition of partners have launched a 24-day hunger strike aimed at pressuring the Trump administration to end its “zero tolerance” immigration policy. The protest began Saturday in front of a symbolic loaf of bread a few blocks from the federal courthouse in McAllen, Texas, the busiest…
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Kerry Kennedy to Kick-Off Immigration Fast and Prayer Chain
RFK Human Rights and our partners have organized a 24-hour hunger strike and prayer chain in honor of the more than 2,400 children separated from their parents.
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RFK Human Rights Continues to Monitor Bahamian Detention Center
Tags Share In January, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights President Kerry Kennedy published “For immigrants trapped in The Bahamas, a paradise lost” in the Huffington Post after spending two days interviewing victims and human rights defenders in Nassau. She shed light on the inhumane conditions 700+ detainees experienced at Carmichael immigrant detention center, the country’s…
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An Unhappy New Year for Migrants in the Bahamas
Tags Share Normally, the start of a new year is a time of optimism and hope. This year, many in the Bahamas are awaiting December 31 with dread thanks to Prime Minister Hubert Minnis’ declaration that migrants in an irregular status are to leave the country by that day or face aggressive deportation. Since Minnis’…
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Bahamas Migration Policy Causes Concern Among Human Rights Groups
RFK Human Rights and our partners have urged the Bahamian authorities to stop its discriminatory migration policies.
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Horrific Detention Conditions in Bahamas
The detention of Hatian-descended people in Nassau’s Carmichael Road Detention Center violates a host of human rights.
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