FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 30, 2019 Contact: Kali Cohn, Advocacy Director HRI, 214-273-4338. DALLAS – On May 30, 2019, news broke that the U.S. Department of Justice is considering […]
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Anchor in Safety
These two! Sweet, loving, hardworking parents of polite, studious children – finally safe from persecution – finally able to breathe easy…Founded by social worker Serena Simmons Connelly and lawyer Elizabeth […]
Read MoreEqual Justice Works Fellow To Join HRI!
Human Rights Initiative of North Texas is thrilled to announce that Emily Heger will join us in the Fall as an Equal Justice Works Fellow. During her two-year fellowship, Emily […]
Read MoreANTI-IMMIGRATION BILL REJECTED!
SHOW ME WHAT ACTIVISM LOOKS LIKE! THIS IS WHAT ACTIVISM LOOKS LIKE! The House had introduced a bill that outwardly promised to answer our concerns regarding family separation and this […]
Read MoreHRI Op-ed: Re-making the land of the free
By J. Ashley Gagné The Trump Administration’s policy of family separation has drawn intense and widespread criticism. Unconscionably, it represents just one strand of a broader agenda to systemically undermine […]
Read MoreAlicia Carrizales – ESL Instructor, HRI’s Social Services Department
If there was a photo of what it means to go above and beyond, it would be a photo of Alicia Carrizales. Even after the students leave, Alicia Carrizales stays. […]
Read MoreAlicia Carrizales – Instructor, Youth Empowerment Program
If there was a photo of what it means to go above and beyond, it would be a photo of Alicia Carrizales. Even after the students leave, Alicia Carrizales stays. […]
Read MoreNew Fee Structure for Asylum Seekers
In a memorandum signed Monday, the current administration called upon the departments of Justice and Homeland Security, giving them 90 days to implement a fee structure that will charge asylum-seekers […]
Read MoreMeet Kali Cohn, HRI’s Inaugural Director of Advocacy!
We are thrilled to announce that this April, Kali Cohn joined HRI as our inaugural Director of Advocacy. Prior to joining HRI, Kali served as a staff attorney for the […]
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