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Human Rights First Galvanizing Action Against Widespread Abuses in the First Year of the Trump Administration

Human Rights First (HRF) is galvanizing cross-cutting action in response to the wide range of human and civil rights ...
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ICE Flight Monitor: December 2025 Monthly Report

Since taking office on January 20, 2025, the Trump administration has pursued an unprecedented mass deportation agenda. U.S.
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New ICE Flight Monitor Report Shows Avelo Airlines Flew Nearly One in Five ICE Flights as part of Massive Expansion of ICE Domestic Transfer and Deportation Flights

A new report from Human Rights First’s ICE Flight Monitor reveals the unprecedented scale, scope, and secrecy of the Trump ...
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Testimony: Protecting Elected Officials and Candidates, Executive State officers, Election Officials, and Criminal Justice Participants Against Threats and Incidents of ...

Chairwoman Mena, Ranking Member Waters and distinguished Members of the House State Government & Tribal Relations Committee, ...
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Invoking the Insurrection Act Against Protestors Would Be an Escalation of Authoritarian Powers

President Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act today over Truth Social, a move which would see him deploy military ...
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ISSUE BRIEF: Locked Up, Banished, Endangered: Immigration One Year Under Trump 2.0

Since taking office on January 20, 2025, the second Trump administration has pursued an unprecedented and escalating mass ...
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UK Parliament Asks For Human Rights First’s Advice on Northern Ireland Legacy Laws

As the United Kingdom government grapples with overhauling the law on how to address issues from the Northern Ireland conflict, the British parliament has asked Human Rights First for our analysis and ...