Washington, D.C. – In response to President Trump’s decision to defy state and local officials and call National Guard personnel into federal service under 10 U.S.C. 12406, a statute with language ...

Video of the full hearing can be found HERE. WASHINGTON – U.S. Representative Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Ranking Member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, today hosted ...

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 ...

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 ...

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS — 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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