A Reconciliation Bill passed by the House of Representatives in May 2025 that is under consideration by the Senate imposes a barrage of cruel and punitive anti-immigrant provisions, including ...

The Department of Homeland Security announced it would revoke Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Afghanistan, putting thousands of Afghans in the United States at risk of deportation. Just weeks ...

I went to St. Thomas’s Hospital in London to visit Dr. Laila Soueif, who is on a protracted hunger strike to draw attention ...

U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, today hosted a Shadow Hearing titled Kidnapped and Disappeared: ...

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has confirmed that the men it sought to remove to South Sudan on May 20, in violation of a federal court order, are still being held in a converted shipping ...

Human Rights First condemned the Trump administration’s action today imposing financial sanctions on four International Criminal Court (ICC) judges who have issued rulings over the last five years ...

As Pride Month begins and in the lead-up to World Refugee Day on June 20, a group of five human rights organizations has jointly released a new summary report that details the impact of Trump ...

Following Judge Naomi Buchwald’s ruling this afternoon in the case of Yunseo Chung v. the Trump Administration, in which the court rejected the Trump administration’s assertion that it should detain ...

Trump Administration Policies Endanger Persecuted LGBTQI+ People LGBTQI+ people at risk of persecution have been effectively trapped in dangerous and life-threatening conditions due to a barrage of ...

Kharkiv: Early this morning, Russian missiles again hit Kharkiv city in northeastern Ukraine. This time, in a massive drone attack, local media reports 20 sites across the city were struck in an ...

Washington, D.C. – Human Rights First condemns the Trump administration’s extensive travel ban Proclamation that will fully restrict and limit travel to the United States by nationals from a series of ...

Thank you Ranking Member Jayapal and other distinguished members of the committee for holding this hearing and for inviting me to testify today. Human Rights First is a non-partisan organization that ...