Calls on U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Justice to take action to protect our immigration system. WASHINGTON, DC Human Rights First expresses its outrage in response to Governor Abbott’s lawless authorization of the Texas National Guard to arrest and send asylum seekers and other immigrants to the border purportedly to “defend against violations of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
Calls on U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Justice to take action to protect our immigration system. WASHINGTON, DC Human Rights First expresses its outrage in response to Governor Abbott’s lawless authorization of the Texas National Guard to arrest and send asylum seekers and other immigrants to the border purportedly to “defend against violations of its sovereignty and territorial integrity.”
WASHINGTON - The United States Supreme Court struck down a half-century of legal precedent today in the 6-3 Dobbs decision that overturns Roe v. Wade, which guaranteed abortion rights in the United States. As an organization committed to the expansion and protection of human rights, Human Rights First sees the Supreme Court as not only limiting human rights that Americans have counted on for two generations but also signaling to other nations that the long-held rights of their citizens can be eliminated by decree.
If the U.S. scraps the constitutional right to abortion, human rights advocates warn that repressive governments across the globe could use it to justify crackdowns on their citizens.
If the U.S. scraps the constitutional right to abortion, human rights advocates warn that repressive governments across the globe could use it to justify crackdowns on their citizens.