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 and Guatemala, which would create “Safe Third Country” protocol between the two countries. Should the agreement go into effect, the …
Human 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 an interim final rule that would bar anyone who travels through a third country from seeking asylum in the United …
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 Healy, the Dallas-based Human Rights Initiative of North Texas has grown into an award-winning agency helping immigrant survivors of human …
