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Amnesty International USA: Families Must Not Be Separated at the Border
In response to news reports on Secretary Kelly’s recent meeting on immigration and family detention, Denise Bell, Senior Campaigner for Refugee and Migrant Rights at Amnesty International USA, had the following reaction...
March 30, 2017
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Following Hawaii Ruling, Trump Must Abandon Muslim Ban
Following a preliminary injunction against the Muslim ban in Hawaii, Margaret Huang, executive director of Amnesty International USA, had the following reaction...
March 30, 2017
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Amnesty International USA: Congress Must End Legal Battle Over Muslim Ban
Following President Trump’s appeal against a ruling by a federal judge in Maryland blocking the revised Muslim ban, Margaret Huang, executive director Amnesty International USA, had the following reaction: “President Trump’s Muslim ban remains indefensible, no matter how many times it is brought to court. Like the previous order, it subjects people to discriminatory and unlawful treatment. A prolonged legal battle over this ban will create more uncertainty for families around the world. Congress must intervene and pass legislation to permanently override this order.”
March 17, 2017
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Amnesty International Marks Sixth Anniversary of Syrian War
As war crimes and crimes against humanity continue to go unpunished in Syria, an Amnesty International campaign marking the sixth anniversary of the crisis calls on world leaders to take immediate action to deliver justice, truth and reparations to the millions of victims of the conflict.
March 14, 2017
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Amnesty International USA: Court Ruling Shows New Refugee Order is More of the Same Hateful Bigotry
Following a ruling by a federal judge in Wisconsin temporarily blocking President Trump’s revised Muslim ban from applying to a Syrian man and his family, Margaret Huang, executive director Amnesty International USA had the following reaction: “No amount of revision will change the fact that this ban is nothing more than anti-Muslim bigotry dressed up as policy. This order continues to tear families apart and cause needless pain and anxiety for thousands of people. It is the same hate and fear in different packaging. We urge Congress to end this legal purgatory and repeal the ban once and for all.”
March 11, 2017
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Amnesty International USA Launches Campaign to Free Young Children and Mothers Detained by ICE for Over 500 Days
Amnesty International USA is launching a campaign today urging Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to release several families with young children being detained at the Berks County Residential Center in Pennsylvania. Four of the 35 children currently detained at Berks – aged three, four, seven and 16 – have been at the Center for over 500 days, despite having pending applications for legal permanent residency.
March 10, 2017
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Amnesty International Launches Day of Action to Repeal Trump’s Muslim Ban on March 7
Amnesty International USA will mobilize its 1.2 million members and supporters across the country today to oppose President Trump’s new executive order banning travelers from six majority-Muslim countries. Activists will be asked to contact their members of Congress to ask them to repeal the ban once and for all.
March 7, 2017
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Hungary: container camp bill is flagrant violation of international law
Responding to the Hungarian Parliament’s adoption of a set of amendments allowing for the automatic detention of all asylum seekers while their applications are processed, Gauri Van Gulik, Amnesty International’s Deputy Director for Europe, said: “Plans to automatically detain some of the world’s most vulnerable people in shipping containers behind razor wire fences, sometimes for months on end, are beyond the pale. This new border detention package is just the latest in Hungary’s aggressive crackdown on refugees and migrants.”
March 7, 2017
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Young Mother with Brain Tumor Will Be Released from ICE Detention
Sara Beltran Hernandez, a 26-year-old mother who fled violence in El Salvador and has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Texas for 15 months, has been released from detention to be with her family and to seek treatment for a brain tumor.
March 2, 2017
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Amnesty International USA on New Executive Order: Same Hate and Fear, New Packaging
In response to a replacement executive order banning travel to the U.S. from six Muslim-majority countries, Margaret Huang, executive director of Amnesty International USA, released the following statement:
March 1, 2017
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Congress Must Reject Trump’s Insistence on Writing Bigotry into Policy
Following President Trump’s remarks before a joint session of Congress this evening, Amnesty International USA executive director Margaret Huang issued the following statement:
February 28, 2017
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Amnesty International Response to DHS Report on Trump Travel Ban
In response to reports that the Homeland Security Department's intelligence arm has found that citizenship of the seven Muslim-majority countries in the proposed travel ban is an "unlikely indicator" of terrorism threats to the United States, Naureen Shah, Amnesty International USA’s Director, Security With Human Rights, said
February 25, 2017