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The US Program of Human Rights Watch works to secure the fundamental rights and dignity of people subject to the authority of the US government. We investigate and expose systemic human rights abuses created and perpetuated by government policies and practices. We give priority to issues affecting vulnerable populations, especially those who are likely to have difficulty obtaining protec

Operating as usual

HRW is at the US/Mexico border - follow the blog and meet the people behind the headlines.

11/30/2018

At the Border

HRW is at the US/Mexico border - follow the blog and meet the people behind the headlines.

Hunger, trafficking, exhaustion, death; those are some the risks faced by Central American migrants during their journey. Whether they joined caravans or trekked alone, why would mothers, children, fathers and brothers risk so much to leave their homeland? Over the next few weeks, we’ll be sharing...

10/03/2018

The U.S. Detention of Children Is Only Getting Worse

Images of children sitting alone in chain-link cages, recordings of their frightened cries, and officials’ mocking reactions generated outrage across the country this summer. The Trump Administration responded by reversing its policy of forcibly separating immigrant families at the border—but wh...

The proposed settlement doesn’t correct all the harm inflicted on all families.

09/16/2018

US Reaches Agreement in Family Separation Cases

The proposed settlement doesn’t correct all the harm inflicted on all families.

After the Trump administration was slammed with lawsuits for separating migrant children and parents at the border, the US government has agreed to allow many of these parents, whose asylum claims were rejected, to reapply.

09/09/2018

Trump Administration Seeks to Detain Children Indefinitely

A devastating development.

Trauma, suicidal feelings, dangerously inadequate medical care. These are only some of the harms that immigrant mothers told Human Rights Watch their children were experiencing in US family detention centers, before a federal judge ruled in 2015 that children detained with parents must be released w...

This 21-month-old child died soon after the Trump administration held her and her mom in a family detention center.

08/30/2018

Mother Sues over Death of Toddler Released from US Immigration Detention

This 21-month-old child died soon after the Trump administration held her and her mom in a family detention center.

A Guatemalan mother detained with her toddler this year in Texas is suing authorities for the child’s death, citing “unsafe conditions, neglectful medical care, and inadequate supervision" in family immigration detention.

03/08/2018

On International Women's Day, remember the deported, like Adriana. https://www.hrw.org/blog-feed/the-deported#blog-311900 #IWD2018
#ImmigrantsAreUs

12/18/2017

12/07/2017

You come to the US as a two-year-old with your family.

You grow up, get a job, have a wife and kids who love you.

You get pulled over for driving with your hazards on.

Just like that, you're deported to a country you barely know, torn away from your family.

That's what happened to David. Now he's separated from his wife and kids, who are struggling to get by without him. And for what?

President Trump's deportation machine at work.

Please watch and share this video of Melissa Barcenas, who is now struggling to take care of four kids on her own after her husband, David, was deported after almost 30 years in the US! #DREAMActNow #HeretoStay The full report on the stories of 43 immigrants deported under Trump can be found here: https://www.hrw.org/news/2017/12/05/us-devastating-impact-trumps-immigration-policyhttps://www.facebook.com/HumanRightsWatch/videos/10155872633724354/

12/06/2017

You come to the US as a two-year-old with your family.

You grow up, get a job, have a wife and kids who love you.

You get pulled over for driving with your hazards on.

Just like that, you're deported to a country you barely know, torn away from your family.

That's what happened to David. Now he's separated from his wife and kids, who are struggling to get by without him. And for what?

President Trump's deportation machine at work.

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