Women human rights defenders (WHRDS) are taking enormous daily risks to help vulnerable people living on the frontline of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Some deliver humanitarian aid to those in desperate ...
More than 200 leading organizations, think tanks, and experts have issued a joint urgent statement in response to President Trump’s threat regarding Iran that “a whole civilization will die tonight” ...
Amanda Strayer and Malak Harb During the Trump administration’s first 14 months, Human Rights First has identified a growing pattern of questionable actions where individuals or companies who had been ...
In early 2025, the second Trump administration began detaining immigrant families and children, and by April, the Dilley ...
Human Rights First and RAICES today released a new joint report, “A New Era of ICE Family Prisons,” exposing the pervasive ...
The President’s Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) budget released today doubles down on the administration’s mass detention and deportation agenda, while further slashing humanitarian support for vulnerable ...
Washington, D.C. — A new report released today by ICE Flight Monitor, housed at Human Rights First, exposes the human toll of the Trump administration’s deportation campaign. In September 2025 the ...
Human Rights First Warns Against Implementation of Honduras Asylum Agreement During Pandemic Human Rights First is a nonpartisan, 501(c)(3) charitable organization (EIN # 13-3116646). We do not favor ...
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 ...
Washington, D.C. — ICE Air Operations continued its rapid expansion in February 2026, with new charter carriers and record daily domestic transfer flights, according to Human Rights First’s latest ICE ...