Democracy & Human Rights
Human Rights Press Releases
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Governments of the United States and Mexico Renew Cooperation To Protect Migrants from Dangerous Summer Conditions
MEXICO CITY, July 11, 2011— As part of their ongoing commitment to safeguarding the health, dignity, and well-being of undocumented migrants during the repatriation process, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Government of Mexico today reinitiated the seasonal Mexican Interior Repatriation Program (MIRP).
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USAID and Mexican Secretariat of Public Security Sign Agreement to Offer Master Degree in Human Rights
Mexico City, June 9, 2011 – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) signed on June 7, 2011, a letter of agreement with Mexico’s Secretariat of Public Security (SSP) and the Latin American Institute of Educational Communication (ILCE) to create a master degree in human rights under the Merida Initiative framework.
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Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa
The State Department is a fitting venue to mark a new chapter in American diplomacy. For six months, we have witnessed an extraordinary change taking place in the Middle East and North Africa. Square by square, town by town, country by country, the people have risen up to demand their basic human rights.
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EHSI special agents rescue 9 human trafficking victims and reunite 2 mothers with their children kidnapped by traffickers in Mexico
MIAMI –U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents rescued nine female victims of sex trafficking and arrested four traffickers who were charged in a federal indictment Tuesday in the Southern District of Florida. Additionally, two children held captive in Mexico in an effort to coerce their mothers to prostitute in the United States, were reunited with their mothers in Miami after being rescued.
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