A threat to wipe out “a whole civilization” may amount to a threat of genocide. The law is clear that civilians must not be targeted.
40+ Human rights organizations call for an end to chain deportations from the United States to Costa Rica
The agreement between Costa Rica and the United States would permit the deportation of ~25 third country nationals from the U.S. per week.
How Cruel Migration Policies Hurt People: A Look at the Effects of Externalization in Mexico and Central America
Join us for a discussion on the human toll of migration policies in the United States on individuals seeking safety throughout the region.
U.S./Israel–Iran War on Course for Cataclysmic Civilian Harm, Displacement, and Humanitarian Need
If this evolves into a long-term war, and if internal conflict emerges in Iran, the humanitarian consequences could worsen dramatically.
America, Forty-Three Years After Reagan’s “Evil Empire” Speech
On March 8, 1983, President Ronald Reagan warned that the Soviet Union was “the focus of evil in the modern world” and urged Americans to resist “the aggressive impulses of an evil empire.” Years later, in his Farewell Address, he called America a shining city on a hill. Together, those ideas shaped the moral vocabulary…
Death of Rohingya Refugee After Abandonment by CBP Requires Investigation
We are saddened by the needless death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam, a nearly blind Rohingya refugee who had been detained by U.S. Border Patrol agents.
Protection, Not Concession: Mexico’s Responsibility to Third Country Nationals Deported by the United States
The United States is deporting thousands of third country nationals to Mexico using coercive tactics, including enforced disappearances.
Refugees International Condemns DHS Memo Authorizing Detention of Thousands of Lawfully Admitted Refugees
The move is historically unprecedented and based on false and hateful distortions of both refugees and U.S. law.
A Generational Collapse: Tracking the Toll of Trump’s Humanitarian Aid Cuts
The consequences have been deadly and devastating and are now beginning to come into focus. Will humanitarian funding ever rebound?
Explainer on Termination of Parole
This explainer shares critical information and updates for people with humanitarian parole.