Along with the rest of the world, HRI has been watching the COVID-19 situation as it evolves. Each passing day brings new developments and challenges as under the best circumstances, HRI navigates in what way to seek safety and shelter for our clients. We at HRI recognize how stressful these …
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 …
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 …