Human Rights First strongly condemns yesterday’s Travel Ban proclamation vastly expanding on the discriminatory June travel ...

By Kaylee Rawlins, Communications Intern This guest post does not necessarily reflect the views or expertise of Human Rights ...

By Samantha Monteiro, Communications Intern This guest post does not necessarily reflect the views or expertise of Human Rights First. A 41-year-old Honduran man named Aaron had been living in ...

For over twenty years, Afghan human rights defenders, civil society, and government leaders staked their lives, futures, and ...

The U.S. asylum system and refugee resettlement program, which process people seeking refugee protection either in the United ...

Since taking office on January 20, 2025, the Trump administration has pursued an unprecedented mass deportation agenda. U.S.

Human Rights First and Refugees International launched Banished by Bargain: Third Country Deportation Watch, a new website ...

Thank you, Scott, for your human rights leadership over decades and your all too kind words. It’s an incredible honor to follow in your footsteps and those of the other remarkable Tex Harris Awardees.

Human Rights First will appear in federal court on Monday, December 15, at 9:00 a.m. to argue a motion to dismiss a lawsuit targeting the WESPAC Foundation, a small nonprofit dedicated to advancing ...

In advance of Human Rights Day on December 10, the Global Refugee Forum Progress Review in mid-December 2025, and the 75th Anniversary of the Refuge Convention in 2026, over 300 faith-based, ...

A new report from Human Rights First’s ICE Flight Monitor, documents a dramatic escalation of the Trump administration’s mass ...

Human Rights First provides this submission in response to the call for inputs on trends in externalization of migration governance. Since early 2025, the United States has implemented an opaque web ...