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Jul 24, 2025

Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Holds Public Hearing on Trump Administration’s Systemic Human Rights Violations Against Immigrants

A coalition of immigrants’ rights organizations participated today in a public hearing held by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) that examined widespread and escalating human rights and refugee law violations inflicted by the Trump administration in the immigration context. 

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May 7, 2025

Rights Groups Sound the Alarm to the United Nations on the United States’ Disappearances of Migrants and Systematic Human Rights…

Fifteen immigrants’ rights organizations have submitted urgent reports to the United Nations and Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, raising the alarm over systematic and grave human rights violations against migrants and asylum-seekers by the U.S. government during the first months of the Trump-Vance administration. 

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Mar 15, 2022

Advocacy Groups Release Recommendations for Upcoming Private Sponsorship Program for Refugees

As the U.S. Department of State draws closer to launching a private sponsorship pilot program for refugees, the International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), Amnesty International USA (AIUSA), the Community Sponsorship Hub (CSH), and the Niskanen Center offer recommendations for the program’s design.

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Oct 21, 2021

IRAP Responds to White House Report on Climate Change and Migration

Today, the White House National Security Council (NSC) issued a report on climate change and migration, the first time multiple U.S. agencies have worked together to comprehensively assess the impact of climate-fueled displacement. In the report, the Biden administration announced the creation of an interagency policy process to “coordinate U.S. government efforts to mitigate and respond to migration resulting from the impacts of climate change.”

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May 1, 2018

Amnesty Campaign Petitions for IRAP Client to Resettle to U.S.

Sam*, an Iraqi refugee and IRAP client, has been waiting to be resettled

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