New York, NY, March 22, 2024 — Today, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) announces the launch of the Welcome Corps Support Line (WCSL), a new initiative to support everyday Americans in...
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US: Supreme Court Opens Door to Chaos, Abuse in Texas
Allows Law Letting Police Deport Migrants to Stand, For Now (Austin, March 19, 2024) – The US Supreme Court ruling on March 19, 2024, that allows Texas state police to arrest and deport people Texas...
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EE. UU.: La Corte Suprema abre la posibilidad de caos y abusos en Texas
Por el momento, mantiene ley que permite a la policía deportar a migrantes (Austin, 19 de marzo, 2024) – El pronunciamiento dictado por la Corte Suprema de EE. UU. el 19 de marzo de 2024, que...
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Women’s Refugee Commission and 80+ Other Organizations Urge the Department of Justice and Homeland Security to Rescind Regulations that Impeded Access to Asylum and Propose or Finalize Regulations that Protect Access to Asylum
The Women’s Refugee Commission joined more than 80 other organizations in a letter urging the Department of Justice and Homeland Security to rescind harmful regulations that limit access to asylum...
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Steps forward. Steps back: A year’s efforts to combat the labor exploitation of unaccompanied children
This February marked one year since the New York Times published a report detailing the exploitation of hundreds of unaccompanied children for their labor across the United States. Despite the...
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Trafficking Survivors Lost in the Funding Debate’s Asylum Stipulations
Origin: View original BACKGROUND ON THE ASYLUM PROVISIONS IN THE FUNDING DEBATE Trafficking Survivors Lost in the Funding Debate's Asylum Stipulations In October 2023, the Biden Administration...
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Human Trafficking Prevention Month: Common Myths About Human Trafficking
Whether it is a movie depicting glamorized versions of victims and pimps or a recent TikTok trend that presents human trafficking as solely a snatch and grab scenario, the public receives conflicting...
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What is Labor Trafficking?
Human trafficking is the buying or selling of people for labor or sex. Nearly all trafficking stems from some sort of vulnerability. Human traffickers often target disadvantaged individuals with the...
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What is Sex Trafficking?
Human trafficking, also known as trafficking in persons, is a heinous crime that involves the exploitation and coercion of individuals for various purposes, such as sexual exploitation. Nearly all...
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UNHCR United States MCO: 2023 Funding Update (as of 31 December 2023)
$45.5 million UNHCR's financial requirements 2023 (1) 39% funded (2) (1) The financial requirements for United States MCO include requirements for the operation's regular programme and the Venezuela...
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DHS should end solitary confinement, say nearly 200 organizations
The U.S. government should immediately and publicly commit to ending the use of solitary confinement in U.S. immigration detention, demanded a coalition of 194 medical, academic, faith, human rights,...
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Humanitarian Crisis: The Migrant Struggle in the Heart of El Paso, Texas
For many years, El Paso, Texas, has been at the heart of a pressing and growing humanitarian challenge: the migration crisis at the southern US border with Mexico. Situated on the border with Ciudad...
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On Two-Year Anniversary of Ukraine Invasion, CWS Honors the Lost and Displaced, Celebrates our New Neighbors
Washington, D.C.— Church World Service today marked the two-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, by renewing its pledge to stand with the Ukrainian people—including those still living...
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Women’s Refugee Commission and 150+ Organizations Oppose Proposed Biden Administration Actions That Would Harm People Seeking Asylum
We, the undersigned 150+ international, national, state, local, and faith-based organizations, are deeply alarmed at reports that you may wield your executive power to further endanger asylum seekers...
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Afghan Immigrants in the United States
By Julian Montalvo and Jeanne Batalova In the past decade, the Afghan immigrant population in the United States has grown dramatically, as the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan ended. Between...
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Outmatched: The U.S. Asylum System Faces Record Demands - In Search of Control, United States of America Country Report
Known for its long tradition of providing refuge, the U.S. humanitarian protection system is under significant strain at a time of mass displacements globally, a backlog of 2 million asylum...
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ICE usó confinamiento solitario más de 14.000 veces desde 2018: Informe
“Pesadilla sin fin” vivida por personas sometidas a confinamiento solitario por ICE cumple los criterios de tortura de la ONU. El Servicio de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas de Estados Unidos (ICE)...
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On the River, a Willful Disregard for Human Life and Safety
Following the Supreme Court’s ruling that the concertina wire that Texas National Guard rolled out on the banks of the Rio Grande can be removed by federal agents, the Biden administration should not...
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“Endless Nightmare”: Torture and Inhuman Treatment in Solitary Confinement in U.S. Immigration Detention
ICE Used Solitary Confinement More Than 14,000 Times Since 2018: Report “Endless Nightmare” Experienced by People Subjected to Solitary Confinement by ICE Meets UN Criteria for Torture U.S...
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US: Congress Should Oppose Funding Bill’s Asylum-Gutting Provisions
Humane, Orderly System at Border Needed After weeks of back-room dealings by a group of senators, the Senate on February 4, 2024, released the text for an emergency supplemental appropriations bill...