The U.S. Policy Advocates for Afghan Women & Girls Working Group calls to end ongoing gender persecution in Afghanistan and restore dignity, freedom, and justice for Afghan women and girls.
Letter: Providing Equitable Access to Work Authorization for Asylum Seekers and Parolees
We call on DHS to hasten work permit processing and address inequity in the policies for the processing of employment authorization documents (EADs).
Letter: The EU AI Act Must Protect People on the Move
The European Union Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act must protect all people from harmful uses of AI systems, regardless of their migration status.
89 Organizations Urge the Biden Administration to Build Fair and Humane Asylum System Following End of Title 42
A federal court struck down the use of Title 42 to summarily expel migrants. Now the Biden administration must fulfill its promise to build a humane immigration system and reject any congressional efforts to extend or codify Title 42 or otherwise dismantle the U.S. asylum system.
Letter: Biden Administration Must Extend and Redesignate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status
The Biden administration must extend and redesignate Haiti for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in light of Haiti’s deteriorating security, governance, and humanitarian crises.
Letter: Biden Administration Must Prioritize Protections for Haitian Nationals
We call on the Biden administration to prioritize protections for Haitian nationals. The administration must not under any circumstances send asylum seekers and migrants to the notorious Guantánamo Bay or other offshore detention locations.
BURMA: Letter to Secretary Blinken on Airstrike That Killed More Than 80 People in Burma’s Kachin State
We join 288 organizations in calling on the United States and Secretary Blinken to take concrete, public action in response to the Myanmar military’s bombing of a music festival in Kachin.
More than 100 Groups Denounce the Expansion of Title 42 Expulsions for Venezuelans
Human Rights First led a coalition of 138 organizations urging the administration to restore access to asylum at all ports of entry for asylum-seekers regardless of their nationality or ties to the United States.
39 Humanitarian and Syrian NGOs Call for More Sustainable, Locally Driven Cross-border Aid Effort
While the clock is ticking on the UN Security Council resolution renewal, the UN can help lead the way to ensure a transformation of the cross-border aid effort to be more sustainable and locally driven in the long term.
100+ Organizations Call on Biden Administration to Reform the Central American Minors Refugee and Parole Program
More than 100 immigrant and refugee rights organizations sent a letter to the Biden administration urging action to reform the Central American Minors (CAM) Program so that it can deliver on its promise as a pathway to safety and family reunification.