For affirmative asylum seekers who fled without their families, it can mean years of separation. For people fleeing domestic violence, it can mean years before obtaining the important lifeline of […]
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Snapshot: Trump Administration’s Humanitarian Rollbacks
Keeping track of this Administration’s attacks on humanitarian protections under our laws is hard. Check out this snapshot of what’s been going on and how HRI is fighting back:
Read MoreOctober 19 “Rock Your HeART Out Concert & Art Auction” Will Unveil New Works from 11 Visual Artists, including Tina Medina, Daniel Avazpour and Jessica Fuentes
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEOctober 2, 2019 CONTACT:Kali Cohn | kcohn@hrionline.org | 214-855-0520 x4338 Oak Cliff-based Visual Artist & Professor of Art Tina Medina and Dallas Percussionist & Acclaimed Educator Jamal Mohamed headline the event; proceeds […]
Read MoreHuman Rights Initiative Statement on Advance of Anti-Asylum Bill to Senate Floor
MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Kali Cohn For Immediate Release 214-855-0520 August 2, 2019 kcohn@hrionline.org DALLAS – On August 1, 2019, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance S. 1494 to the […]
Read MoreVolunteer Spotlight: Grace Korthuis
HRI often receives unexpected support from strangers across the country. A word of kindness from a bookstore; a portion of bar sales at a restaurant; a virtual pat on the […]
Read MoreWhat Are We To Celebrate This 4th of July?
With you, we’ve watched as news rolls in that children are dying in detention—that asylum-seekers are forced to wait for their hearings in Mexico, stranded without adequate representation—that good Samaritans […]
Read MoreUnited Nations’ International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
“Torture is a vicious attempt at breaking a person’s will. On this International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, I urge all States to end impunity for perpetrators and eradicate […]
Read MoreHuman Rights Initiative Statement on Draft of Safe Third Country Agreement with Guatemala
MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 14, 2019 Contact: Kali Cohn, 214-273-4338 DALLAS– On June 13, 2019, Voice of America obtained draft White House agreement between the United States […]
Read MoreHuman Rights Initiative Statement on DOJ Rule Rejecting Asylum Seekers Who Have Traveled Through a Third Country
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 […]
Read MoreAnchor 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 […]
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