This week the Immigration Policy Center released 50 state-specific infographics and accompanying fact sheets that highlight recent demographic trends and summarize the economic benefits of immigration for each state. The study concluded […]
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Meet HRI’s Exxon Mobil Summer Intern – Antonia
Meet our youngest intern, Antonia Buban. Antonia is an intern through the Exxon Mobil Community Summer Jobs Program. As a rising junior at Pepperdine University, she is majoring in International Studies […]
Read MoreMeet our new Intern Noor!
Meet one of our new Legal Interns, Noor Zafar. As an International Relations and Middle East Studies major, Noor graduated in 2012 from NYU. While at NYU, she spent a […]
Read MoreMeet the New Legal Intern Katrina!
Over the next couple weeks, we will be introducing our new interns here at HRI and we’d like you to meet Katrina Talavera. Katrina is currently in law school at […]
Read MoreNew Marketing & Development Director
Meet Kavita Khandekar! As of this week in May 2013, Kavita is our new Marketing & Development Director here at Human Rights Initiative. Here is a little bit from a […]
Read MoreChildren in Immigration Reform
Here at HRI, we are awaiting the real results in the current debate on immigration reform. Among many issues, one we pay close attention to is the issue of immigrant […]
Read MoreGuest Blogger: Bentley BrownIn the Absence of Cinema
We waited out the midday heat in the shade of a hajlij tree as we always did, and Abakar Chene proposed that we start making films. I was 16 at the […]
Read MoreExecutive Director: Ending The Silence About Rape
HRI’s Executive Director Bill Holston recently wrote an article for KERA News about sexual assault and VAWA. Below is his article in full. Commentator William Holston faces numerous issues in […]
Read MoreHolston, Mansour: Don’t lose asylum-seekers in immigration overhaul
HRI’s Executive Director Bill Holston and Legal Director Chris Mansour recently wrote an editorial on asylum in the context of immigration reform for the Austin American-Statesman. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn […]
Read MoreIn VAWA Vote, Senate Overwhelmingly Passes Violence Against Women Act
WASHINGTON — The Senate easily passed its Violence Against Women Act reauthorization bill on Tuesday, officially punting the issue to the House, where Republican leaders still haven’t signaled how they […]
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