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2007 press releases
RWG and Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children to Testify Before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
Representatives of two leading advocacy organizations will speak at an hearing on U.S. detention of immigrants and asylum seekers before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights tomorrow, Oct. 12. This is the first time the Human Rights Commission has held a hearing on the policy and practice of immigration detention. This unprecedented hearing comes at a critical time as the U.S. Government is increasing its use of immigration detention and immigration policies have entered the national debate.
Restore Due Process to America's Immigration System
The undersigned groups are committed to ensuring that the immigration system be reformed to ensure respect for fundamental due process rights. Ensuring due process in the overall system is essential to making comprehensive reform workable, effective and fair.
We support the Senate negotiators' decision to exclude several provisions included in last year's bill that would have eroded due process protections.
Thousands Gathered to Restore Due Process for Immigrants
Washington, D.C. (Tuesday, April 10, 2007) – Due process and equal justice under the law are the centerpieces of conversations that began on the evening of April 5 in the "Night of 1,000 Conversations," addressing laws that unfairly target immigrants while denying America's core values. The nationwide event drew more than 5,000 people and was launched as Congress considers immigration proposals that advocates insist must safeguard the right of due process for everyone who calls America home.
TELEPHONIC BRIEFING: Rights Working Group (RWG) Members Begin National Dialogue on Flaws in the Immigration System
WHAT: On the record briefing with Q & A
WHEN: Thursday, April 5, 2007 – 1:00 p.m. (EDT) 10:00 a.m. (PST)
HOW: Dial: (800) 811-8824; Confirmation Code: 4836209; (913) 981-4903 (International)
Rights Working Group Statement on the Introduction of the STRIVE Act of 2007
[March 30, 2007] – The Rights Working Group (RWG) is encouraged by aspects of the STRIVE (Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy) Act of 2007, which was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on March 22nd by Representatives Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ). RWG remains concerned that America's current detention and deportation system does not respect due process for immigrants. RWG asserts that immigration reform should fully restore the civil liberties, civil rights, and human rights protections for all immigrants.
