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Human Rights Initiative’s clients include victims of human rights abuses seeking asylum in the United States, victims of human trafficking, victims of spousal or child abuse at the hands of a U.S. citizen or Permanent Resident, men, women and children who are the victims of a violent crime, immigrant children who flee from violence and travel to the U.S. alone, or immigrant children that have been abused, abandoned or neglected by their parents in the U.S. HRI is the only agency in North Texas providing free legal services to indigent immigrant women and children victims of domestic violence and violent crime.

 

New Marketing & Development Director

Meet Kavita Khandekar!  As of this week in May 2013, Kavita is our new Marketing & Development Director here at Human Rights Initiative.  Here is a little bit from a conversation about her and what makes her tick. Kavita

Kavita, what excites you most about working with HRI? 

The people – those who work for and with HRI and the clients we serve every day.  HRI clients are some of the most resilient people I’ve ever met!  They’ve endured torture, persecution, domestic violence, assault, and other heinous crimes – not to mention, travelling from another country often in very creative ways, having to leave their families behind, living out of status  - and they still find it in themselves to fight!    It makes the traffic I fight on my drive home seem very frivolous.

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Senate to decide new amendments to the S.744 bill

On Thursday, May 8th, the Senate will begin to decide on the hundreds of proposed amendments for the new immigration bill, a number of them influencing refugee and asylum cases.

Many of the proposed amendments would change the requirements of undocumented immigrants on their pathway to citizenship, some have requested evidence of DNA tests for legal status while some request income requirements. An amendment from Senator Sessions wants immigrants to “prove they have an average annual income four times higher than the federal poverty line, which for a family of four, is more than $94,000.”

You can refer to a further list of these amendments from each Senator at this link from the Senate.