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President and CEO Uzra Zeya’s Remarks to Macaulay Honors College Commencement Upon Acceptance of Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters

Thank you, Dean Byrne, Director Sviridov, Provost Meeks, and distinguished faculty members for this extraordinary honor and one that I never imagined was possible. I’d like to think my late mother is ...
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Record Number of U.S. Immigration Enforcement Flights Underscores Growing Human Cost of Trump Administration’s Immigration Crackdown

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 ...
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Labor Trafficking and Sex Trafficking: Equally Critical, Unequally Prioritized

On July 12, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (SFRC) and the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Subcommittee held ...
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Human Rights First Condemns El Salvador’s Ongoing Arbitrary Detention of Ruth Lopez Alfaro and Demands Her Immediate Release

Washington, D.C. — Human Rights First strongly condemns the arbitrary detention without trial of Ruth López Alfaro by the Government of El Salvador one year after her unjust arrest. The Salvadoran ...