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Amnesty International USA Joins Partner Organizations to Support Legal Challenge to Asylum Ban 2.0
On July 16, 2019, the Trump administration announced its latest attack on asylum: a rule stating that any person who had passed through another country on the way to the…
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Trump Administration Uses Disaster Relief to Fund a Disaster of Its Own Making
Responding to reports that DHS intends to reprogram disaster relief funds for ICE detention beds and funds for temporary court structures for hearings associated with the “Remain in Mexico” program,…
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Trump Administration Seeks to Demonize Refugees With New Policy
Responding to reports that the Trump administration is considering a new policy that would allow state and local jurisdictions to deny refugees to be resettled in their community, despite having…
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New Flores Regulations Brazenly Attack Children’s Rights
According to reports, the Trump administration is issuing a final rule that will effectively terminate the 1997 Flores Settlement Agreement, which mandates that children cannot be held in immigration detention…
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Planned Parenthood Withdrawal from Title X Demonstrates Cruel Policies
“The Trump administration's restrictions on Title X trample on sexual and reproductive rights, putting the lives of all pregnant people at significant risk, especially low-income women. Over four million people…
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Criticism of Israeli Government’s Policies Are Free Speech, Not Anti-Semitism
Responding to Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, and minister of Interior Arye Deri, denying entrance to two U.S. members of Congress and U.S. President Donald Trump’s tweets referring to the…
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Demonizing Immigrants and Mental Health Conditions Is Not A Solution to Gun Violence
Responding to President Donald Trump’s speech following a spate of mass shootings over the weekend, Ernest Coverson, Amnesty International USA’s End Gun Violence campaign manager said: “Gun violence reform cannot…
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Amnesty USA Response to Dangerous Asylum Agreement between the US and Guatemala
In response to reports that the United States and Guatemala may have finalized an agreement on asylum that would potentially limit access to asylum for Hondurans and Salvadorans, Amnesty International…
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Amnesty International Response to US Government Decision to Resume Federal Executions
The Trump administration’s decision to restart federal executions after a 16-year hiatus is outrageous. It is the latest indication of this administration’s disdain for human rights.
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Amnesty International USA Response to Court Decision on Third Country Asylum Ban
A court has ruled against the Trump administration policy making people transiting through other countries ineligible from seeking protection in the United States. Amnesty International USA advocacy director for the…
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Amnesty International USA Executive Director Margaret Huang’s Testimony for Hearing on the Care of Unaccompanied Children in Custody
For PDF version, click here: 07.22.2019 AIUSA Testimony for Labor-H Hearing Chairwoman DeLauro, Ranking Member Cole, and Members of the Subcommittee: On behalf of Amnesty International USA and our two…
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Amnesty International Recommends VOTE YES on TPS for Venezuelans (HR 549)
For PDF version, click here: 07.23.2019 Amnesty International Recommends VOTE YES on HR 549 (Venezuela TPS) July 23, 2019 Amnesty International USA Recommends VOTE YES on the Venezuela TPS Act…