At last week’s Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina, Benita Veliz, an undocumented immigrant, spoke on how DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) has changed her life. She is […]
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HRI Success Story: Client Granted Protection
A Dallas Immigration Court Judge granted one of our clients Withholding of Removal under the Torture Convention, thus allowing her to remain in the U.S., and receive work authorization. The […]
Read MoreDemocratic & Republican Parties’ Immigration Platforms
The American Immigration Lawyers Association has assembled a list of both parties’ positions on immigration. If you are interested in learning more about the immigration policies each party believes should […]
Read MoreHRI Success Story: Haynes & Boones Helps Client Achieve Victory in Asylum Case
An HRI client from Cameroon can now apply for a Green Card. The client, whose father was granted political asylum in 2000 in the U.S., sought to come to the […]
Read MoreVAWA Reauthorization: Myths & Facts
The Violence Against Women Act is currently up for the reauthorization by Congress, but the conference committee has yet to meet to decide to reauthorize VAWA and they only have […]
Read MoreIntern Corner: Meet Tommy Pigeon!
While interning at HRI this summer, I was excited to utilize my database skills and learn hands on how a nonprofit operates. My internship was an 8 week project as […]
Read MoreIntern Corner: Meet Kelley Mcillhattan!
Kelley McIllhattan was a Summer 2012 intern for HRI’s Asylum Program. Before her term ended, we asked to her to share her volunteer/intern experience with you, along with a couple […]
Read MoreHappy World Refugee Day from HRI!
Each year on June 20th HRI, the United Nations and many other civic groups around the world celebrate World Refugee Day. World Refugee Day was established by the United Nations […]
Read MoreUpdate on Proposed Editions to Violence Against Women Act
HRI has been closely watching the developments as Congress attempts to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) which is the basis of the protections afforded to HRI’s immigrant victims […]
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