Black History Month + Immigration

We cannot pretend to celebrate Black History month unless we talk about how Black lives are often overlooked in immigration spaces. The reasons are uncountable but overall, this is due to the anti-Blackness and racism embedded in every system in our society. We’re asking for justice and an immigration system that respects Black lives. Black […]

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Raise Your Voice Today

Make Sure Electeds Hear Our Clients. “This Pandemic has taught us, above all else, that we are all fragile, that we are all equal, and that life and the ability to share it is most important.” These are words from an HRI client–a mother of two. She and her husband, like many families, are struggling to keep a roof over their head and their children fed in this crisis. At HRI–with the generous help of our supporters–are working to support them as best we can. But this community cannot do it alone. It’s time for the government to step up.

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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 Healy, the Dallas-based Human Rights Initiative of North Texas has grown into an award-winning agency helping immigrant survivors of human rights abuses from all over […]

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New 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 for asylum applications and work permits. HRI’s Executive Director, Bill Holston, weighs in here: Often forced to leave quickly, asylum-seekers are a vulnerable group that […]

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