What’s Happening in Immigration? Recent News Court rules Remain in Mexico is causing “extreme and irreversible harm,” but policy remains in effect On Friday, 2/28, a federal appeals court found the Administration’s Remain in Mexico (MPP) program invalid and held that asylum seekers awaiting their day in court cannot be …
International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
As today is the UN’s International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, HRI staff members think of the clients we have served over the years who have been victims of Female Genital Mutilation. Female Genital Mutilation “comprises all procedures that involve altering or injuring the female genitalia for …
Carolina Wins Asylum!
HRI recently won the cases of a 23-year-old Salvadoran woman and her 4-year-old daughter who sought asylum from severe domestic violence. Carolina began living with her partner when she was only 15, and the abuse started shortly thereafter. He abused her physically, emotionally, financially, and sexually, including when she was …