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Over 100 Groups Urge Biden to Fully Rescind Title 42 Expulsions

Honorable Joseph R. Biden, Jr. President of the United States 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Washington, DC 20500 Dear President Biden: We, the 105 undersigned organizations, write to express our alarm and disappointment that your administration is…
A migrant family crosses the border into El Paso, Texas, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021.
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85 Civil Rights Groups Send Letter to DHS Secretary Mayorkas

Call for a Meaningful Opportunity to Return Home for Those Unjustly Deported

Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas U.S. Department of Homeland Security 3801 Nebraska Ave NW, Washington, DC 20016 Dear Secretary Mayorkas: The National Immigrant Justice Center, We Are Home campaign, and the 85 undersigned organizations urge you to…
Migrants seeking asylum wait in line with their case paperwork to meet with an attorney on Oct. 5, 2019, during a weekly trip by volunteers, lawyers, paralegals and interpreters to the migrant campsite outside El Puente Nuevo in Matamoros, Mexico.
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Human Rights Watch Letter to VP Harris

Put Human Rights at Center of Upcoming Migration Management Talks

June 4, 2021   Vice President Kamala Harris The White House Office of the Vice President 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC  20050 Dear Vice President Harris, We write to urge you to put human rights at the center of…
Kamala Harris is sworn in as vice president of the United States
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Groups Urge President Biden to Include Immigration in Pardon Process

Immigration is a Racial Justice Issue

Susan Rice Director, Domestic Policy Council Dana Remus White House Counsel Danielle Conley Deputy Counsel, Office of White House Counsel Tona Boyd Special Counsel, Office of White House Counsel Lauren Moore Associate Counsel, Office of…
Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, right, watch as President Joe Biden signs an executive order on immigration in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, February 2, 2021.
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Groups Urge Biden Administration to Redesignate TPS to Haiti

The Honorable President Joe Biden President of the United States 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500   The Honorable Vice President Kamala Harris Vice President of the United States 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC…
asylum seeker from Haiti waits at a makeshift encampment at the border port of entry
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Letter from CDC in Response to Human Rights Watch

Regarding Immigration and Public Health Policy Concerns Related to Covid-19

Thomas J. Rachko, Jr. Senior Coordinator, U.S. Program Human Rights Watch 1275 K Street Northwest Washington, DC 20005 Dear Mr. Rachko: Thank you for your letter regarding immigration and public health policy concerns related to the 2019…
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Human Rights Watch Letter in Support of the California VISION Act

HRW Strongly Supports CA AB 937, the Voiding Inequality and Seeking Inclusion for Our Immigrant Neighbors (VISION) Act

Wendy Carrillo California State Assemblymember Capitol Office, Room 4167 P.O. Box 942849 Re: AB 937 (Carrillo) — The VISION Act — CO-SPONSOR Dear Assemblymember Carrillo: As a co-sponsor, Human Rights Watch writes in strong support of AB 937,…
An ICE detainee rests his hands on the window of his cell in the segregation wing at the Adelanto immigration detention center, which is run by the Geo Group Inc, in Adelanto, California, on April 13, 2017.
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Groups Urge DOJ to Withdraw Suit Against California

Assembly Bill 32 Represents the Will of California

Mr. Stephen Ehrlich U.S. Department of Justice 1100 L Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 Dear Mr. Ehrlich: We are writing to urge you to withdraw the United States’ suit against the state of California in GEO Group Inc. v. Newsom (Case No. 20-56172…
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Coalition Letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas

Regarding Use of Expedited Removal Process for Asylum Seekers at the Border

Hon. Alejandro Mayorkas Secretary U.S. Department of Homeland Security 301 7th Street, SW Washington, DC 20528 Re: Use of Expedited Removal Process for Asylum Seekers at the Border Dear Secretary Mayorkas, Our undersigned faith-based,…
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Amicus Brief in the GEO Group, Inc. v. Gavin Newsom, et al.

Brief of Immigrant Legal Resource Center, Human Rights Watch & Freedom For Immigrants as Amici Curiae in Support Of Defendants-Appellees

STATEMENT OF INTEREST Immigrant Legal Resource Center (“ILRC”), Human Rights Watch, and Freedom For Immigrants (“FFI,” formerly Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement) (collectively, “Amici”) respectfully submit this brief in…
An ICE detainee rests his hands on the window of his cell in the segregation wing at the Adelanto immigration detention center, which is run by the Geo Group Inc, in Adelanto, California, on April 13, 2017.
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Letter Regarding Harmful Criminal Bars in the Dream & Promise Act of 2019

Over 270 Organizations Urge Congressional Leaders to Amend the Criminal Bars to Eligibility in H.R. 6

The Honorable Jerrold Nadler Chair, House Committee on the Judiciary 2132 Rayburn HOB Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Zoe Lofgren Chair, Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship, House Committee on the Judiciary 1401 Longworth House Office…
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) students celebrate in front of the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, June 18, 2020. 
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HRW Letter to the Biden Transition Team

Regarding Ensuring Humanitarian Border Reception

To: Members of the Biden transition agency review team for the Department of Homeland Security CC: Nominee for Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, Director of the Domestic Policy Council designate Susan Rice, National…
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Human Rights Watch Submits Comments to the Adelanto City Council

Via Electronic Mail Gabriel Reyes, Mayor Gerardo Hernandez, Mayor Pro Tem Ed Camargo, Council Member Joy Jeannette, Council Member Stevevonna Evans, Council Member Adelanto City Council Re: Conditional Use Permit No. 96-11 Dear Members of…
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Governor Gavin Newsom Should Sign California Bill AB 3228

Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch Express Support for Accountability and Oversight for Private Detention Facilities in CA

Governor Gavin Newsom 1303 10th Street, Suite 1173 Sacramento, CA 95814 RE: AB 3228 Private Detention Facilities (Bonta) Dear Governor Newsom, We write to you as organizations whose missions are focused on the protection of the human rights…
An ICE detainee rests his hands on the window of his cell in the segregation wing at the Adelanto immigration detention center, which is run by the Geo Group Inc, in Adelanto, California, on April 13, 2017.

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