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 […]
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Over 25 Restaurants and Businesses—and Counting—Are Uniting in support of Human Rights Day DFW on December 10th, proceeds to benefit Human Rights Initiative of North Texas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEDecember 3, 2019 CONTACT:Kali Cohn | kcohn@hrionline.org | 214-855-0520 x4338 DALLAS – Dozens of Dallas-area restaurants and businesses are coming together to celebrate the third annual Human Rights […]
Read MoreHuman Rights Initiative Statement on Proposal to Limit Asylum Seekers from Supporting Themselves While Their Applications Are Pending
DALLAS – On November 13, 2019, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced a proposed rule that would limit asylum seekers from supporting themselves while their applications are pending. […]
Read MoreA Year in Review: HRI’s 2019 Annual Report
Our year in review is in! If you want to understand what HRI has been up to this fiscal year, and check out our latest 990, check out our FY […]
Read MoreUSCIS Backlog: An Explainer
For affirmative asylum seekers who fled without their families, it can mean years of separation. For people fleeing domestic violence, it can mean years before obtaining the important lifeline of […]
Read MoreSnapshot: Trump Administration’s Humanitarian Rollbacks
Keeping track of this Administration’s attacks on humanitarian protections under our laws is hard. Check out this snapshot of what’s been going on and how HRI is fighting back:
Read MoreHuman Rights Initiative Statement on Advance of Anti-Asylum Bill to Senate Floor
MEDIA RELEASE Contact: Kali Cohn For Immediate Release 214-855-0520 August 2, 2019 kcohn@hrionline.org DALLAS – On August 1, 2019, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance S. 1494 to the […]
Read MoreHuman Rights Initiative Statement on DOJ Rule Rejecting Asylum Seekers Who Have Traveled Through a Third Country
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 30, 2019 Contact: Kali Cohn, Advocacy Director HRI, 214-273-4338. DALLAS – On May 30, 2019, news broke that the U.S. Department of Justice is considering […]
Read MoreANTI-IMMIGRATION BILL REJECTED!
SHOW ME WHAT ACTIVISM LOOKS LIKE! THIS IS WHAT ACTIVISM LOOKS LIKE! The House had introduced a bill that outwardly promised to answer our concerns regarding family separation and this […]
Read MoreNew 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 […]
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