Washington D.C.—Today, Human Rights First and Refugees International released an update of its Banished by Bargain: Third Country Deportation Watch tracker that exposes the growing scale, secrecy, and ...

Washington, D.C. — A new report released today by Human Rights First, Slammed Doors: Use of Asylum Cooperative Agreements to Unlawfully Reject Asylum Cases, reveals that the Trump administration has ...

Activists, lawyers, and others supporting migrants in Northern Ireland say far-right groups, including paramilitaries, are targeting them for their work. They say the authorities are failing to ...

Since taking office on January 20, 2025, the Trump administration has pursued an unprecedented mass deportation agenda. U.S. officials have adopted a range of new tactics, many of which are unlawful, ...

Washington, D.C. — In April 2026, ICE Flight Monitor tracked 245 removal flights, a monthly record since independent flight tracking began in 2020, according to a new report from Human Rights First.

Washington, D.C. — A new Trump administration plan to transfer more than 1,100 at-risk Afghans, including former interpreters for the U.S. military, former members of the Afghan Special Operations ...

In early 2025, the second Trump administration began detaining immigrant families and children, and by April, the Dilley Immigration Processing Center (“Dilley”) became the sole active family ...

Washington, D.C. — Human Rights First and RAICES today released a new joint report, “A New Era of ICE Family Prisons,” exposing the pervasive abuses against families and children in the custody of the ...

Washington, D.C. — ICE Air Operations has been dramatically expanded under the second Trump administration, operating with minimal transparency or public oversight. Human Rights First’s ICE Flight ...

Since taking office on January 20, 2025, the Trump administration has pursued an unprecedented mass deportation agenda. U.S. officials have adopted a range of new tactics, that are legally ...