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Alison Leal Parker

@lealparker.bsky.social
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Grantmaker, policy advocate, and attorney in pursuit of social justice in the US, CA, and the SF Bay Area.

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Alison Leal Parker @lealparker.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🌉 Do you have a vision to reimagine San Francisco? 💫 Crankstart and Lever for Change have launched Boundless San Francisco! Up to $150 million to organizations anywhere in the world with ideas for making San Francisco a better place to live. Learn more: boundless-sf.leverforchange.org
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Alison Leal Parker @lealparker.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
My colleague @hrw.org Angelica Oun on the imperative for Congress to end DHS abuses: www.hrw.org/news/2026/02...
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Restore and Bolster Congressional Oversight of DHS, ICE, and CBP
Congress approved five of six federal funding bills this week, delaying funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) over concerns regarding recent immigration crackdowns, including killings ...
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 30/07/2025
Whether they perform surgery, pick fruit or tobacco, teach children, play music, or pack meat, immigrants' hands deserve dignity: not human rights violations. #ConEstasManos #WithTheseHands HRW shares this video in solidarity: www.youtube.com/watch?v=REXq...
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With These Hands / Intro
YouTube video by SEIU California
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 02/07/2025
US President Donald Trump toured the newly opened immigration detention complex nicknamed “Alligator Alcatraz” this week. By opening the complex, the US government is expanding a system already rife with inhumane conditions, neglect, and dehumanizing treatment.
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Belkis Wille @belkiswille.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🚨 New @hrw report: Russian attacks in Ukraine are killing more civilians in 2025 than last year. Playgrounds. Apartments. Hotels. City centers. No military targets. No warnings. Possible war crimes. 📄 Read the full report: www.hrw.org/news/2025/05... Ukraine #WarCrimes #HumanRights
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Matt McConnell @mattcconnell.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Right now, the US House is considering a bill that would make health care less available, less affordable, and of poorer quality for millions If you live in the US, use the info below to get in touch with your Congressmembers and tell them to reject these cuts! #HandsOffMedicaid
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Anna Bacciarelli @abacci.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
New @hrw.org report: a deep dive on the gig economy in the US, by @lenasimet.bsky.social, @amostoh.bsky.social + me. It looks at 7 major platform companies, the extractive business model, and a growing workforce reliant on precarious work that denies them hard-won rights. www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
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US: Major Companies Violate Gig Workers’ Rights
Major digital labor platforms, also known as gig companies, operating in the United States misclassify gig workers as independent contractors, denying them labor rights.
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Alison Leal Parker @lealparker.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
US: Don’t Forcibly Transfer Migrants to Libya www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
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US: Don’t Forcibly Transfer Migrants to Libya
The United States should not forcibly transfer migrants to Libya, where inhumane detention conditions are well-documented, including torture, ill treatment, sexual assault, and unlawful killings.
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Alison Leal Parker @lealparker.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Alien Enemies Act Doesn’t Belong on the Books in 2025 www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
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Alien Enemies Act Doesn’t Belong on the Books in 2025
The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 is not merely a relic of a darker era in American history—it is a live wire capable of short-circuiting rights protected by US constitution. The act’s recent invocation b...
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Alison Leal Parker @lealparker.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
NEW from #HRW: Without accountability mechanisms, "those with power may become tyrants and no one under their rule is free or safe." www.hrw.org/news/2025/05... Authored by: @treywalk.bsky.social + John Raphling
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President Trump’s Efforts to Defy Accountability
During the first three months of his administration, President Donald Trump has destroyed, captured, or marginalized institutions intended to check abuses of executive power.
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Alison Leal Parker @lealparker.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
The Alien Enemies Act doesn’t belong on the books in 2025, my colleague Akshaya Kumar in @JURISTnews argues the law offers a convenient excuse to circumvent due process, which President Trump is leveraging to supercharge his mass deportation machine. www.jurist.org/commentary/2...
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Alien Enemies Act Doesn’t Belong on the Books in 2025
The Alien Enemies Act of 1798 is not merely a relic of a darker era in American history—it is a live wire capable of short-circuiting rights protected by US constitution. The act's recent invocation b...
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Alison Leal Parker @lealparker.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Civil Rights Watchdog under Assault by Trump Administration www.hrw.org/news/2025/05...
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Civil Rights Watchdog under Assault by Trump Administration
One of the most effective and enduring institutions won by the Civil Rights Movement – the Civil Rights Division of the United States Department of Justice – is under assault.
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Alison Leal Parker @lealparker.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
NEW from HRW: United States: Repeal the Alien Enemies Act www.hrw.org/report/2025/...
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United States: Repeal the Alien Enemies Act
The 59-page report, “United States: Repeal the Alien Enemies Act, A Human Rights Argument,” describes how the Trump administration has utilized the act as a vehicle for its attempted end run around ba...
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Alison Leal Parker @lealparker.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
NEW from #HRW: Interactive feature cataloguing 100 human rights harms in Trump administration's first 100 days. www.hrw.org/feature/2025...
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Frontera Federation @fronterafederation.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Happy Birthday to Us, a thread: For too long, border residents and border crossers alike have been plagued by deadly and abusive over-policing and militarization. 1/
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Frontera Federation @fronterafederation.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
The Frontera Federation Board, including Chris Rickerd, Karen Gonzalez, and Hooky Guajardo. /END
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Alison Leal Parker @lealparker.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
My colleague, Juanita Goebertus' excellent (and sobering) declaration on prisons in El Salvador filed in case challenging USG deportations there (J.G.G. v. Trump): www.hrw.org/news/2025/03...
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Human Rights Watch declaration on prison conditions in El Salvador for the J.G.G. v. Trump case
I, Juanita Goebertus, declare the following under 28 U.S.C. § 1746, and state that under penalty of perjury the following is true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief:
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 05/03/2025
Today the US Congress introduced the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. Congress should pass this important bill and strengthen the right to vote in the US. More from HRW's Trey Walk ⤵️
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Alison Leal Parker @lealparker.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
This week, the Trump administration announced it will require undocumented immigrants in the #US to register with the govt. This move will likely create further stigmatization and criminalization and facilitate mass arrests. Read our latest here: www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...
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Alison Leal Parker @lealparker.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
📣 NEW from @HRW: Car chases by TX troopers and local sheriffs/police killed at least 106 people (incl. bystanders and children) + injured 301 in Texas’ dangerous Operation Lone Star. Trump policies to increase this type of enforcement will entrench the chaos and harm. www.hrw.org/news/2025/02...
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US: Texas Vehicle Pursuits Kill At Least 106, Injure 301
Vehicle pursuits by Texas state troopers and local law enforcement have killed at least 106 people and injured 301 people in counties participating in Texas’ Operation Lone Star (OLS) since the progra...
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Bob Libal @blibal.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
NEW today from me & @hrw.org: Vehicle pursuits by TX troopers and local law enforcement have killed at least 106 people and injured 301 in counties participating in Texas’ Operation Lone Star. Reckless and high speed pursuits often occur in sensitive areas, in neighborhoods, & near schools.
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US: Texas Vehicle Pursuits Kill At Least 106, Injure 301
Vehicle pursuits by Texas state troopers and local law enforcement have killed at least 106 people and injured 301 people in counties participating in Texas’ Operation Lone Star (OLS) since the progra...
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Alison Leal Parker @lealparker.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Join the virtual event hosted by @UnlockTheBoxNow and @HumanRightsWatch: 'Solitary Confinement: A Human Rights Crisis in the United States' on February 20, 2025, at 8pm EST / 5pm PST! 👉 Register for access here (tickets are free): bit.ly/40DHG5q!
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Alison Leal Parker @lealparker.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
📢 NEW: The US government permitted Nevada’s Thacker Pass lithium mine without prior consent from even a single Tribe impacted, violating indigenous peoples’ human rights. Our HRW + ACLU report says, out today. 🧵 1/4
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Human Rights Watch @hrw.org · 29/01/2025
NEW: The Mississippi state and US federal governments are failing to take steps to prevent cervical cancer deaths for Black women in the Mississippi Delta. New report from the Southern Rural Black Women’s Initiative for Economic and Social Justice and Human Rights Watch: www.hrw.org/news/2025/01...
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Michael Bochenek @michaelbochenek.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
President Donald Trump has effectively closed regular migration pathways, particularly for people fleeing conflict and abuse. What happens next? Lawlessness and chaos, my colleague @billfrelick.bsky.social writes. www.hrw.org/news/2025/01...
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Michael Bochenek @michaelbochenek.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the citizenship executive order from taking effect. “I’ve been on the bench for over four decades,” the judge said. “I can’t remember another case where the question presented was as clear as this one is.” www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01...
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Live Updates: Trump’s Effort to Restrict Birthright Citizenship ‘Blatantly Unconstitutional,’ Judge Says
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Alison Leal Parker @lealparker.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
NEW from #HRW on Trump immigration EOs: "All people, regardless of immigration status or criminal history, have the right to fair treatment before the law and a chance to argue for their liberty and rights when they are detained or face deportation." www.hrw.org/news/2025/01...
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Trump’s Executive Orders Promise Systemic Detentions, Deportations
In a nondescript parking lot in Tucson, Arizona, a fifth-grade boy waited in a car while his mom, Natalie Burke, went inside a US government office to sign some paperwork.
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cbeckerhrw.bsky.social @cbeckerhrw.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Today @hrw-fr.bsky.social published a statement recognizing the overlap of Martin Luther King Jr. Day with the presidential inauguration. Our statement reminds President Trump that human rights are sacred, and like his predecessors, he is responsible for applying those rights to all.
President Donald Trump and Martin Luther King Jr. (VOC photo and Library of Congress photo
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Alison Leal Parker @lealparker.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
NEW from HRW today: Border Patrol Agents Block, Mistreat Mexican Asylum Seekers www.hrw.org/news/2024/12...
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US: Agents Block, Mistreat Mexican Asylum Seekers
United States Border Patrol agents are denying access to asylum to families fleeing violence in Mexico, in violation of US and international human rights law.
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Dara Lind @daralind.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
NEW FROM ME: The government will do things that hurt people. But knowing exactly what it is doing — & therefore who’s most at risk — is at the foundation of fighting against it. Anything else is doing Trump’s job for him. Here’s a start. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/o...
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Opinion | Don’t Do Trump’s Work for Him on Mass Deportations
How big will the Trump administration will go, and how quickly?
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Douglas Rivlin @douglasrivlin.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
Take 15 minutes to understand the economics of immigration, labor markets, inflation and economic growth...and why ending legal immigration and deporting millions of immigrants is an economic self-inflicted head wound on the scale of Brexit that is headed our way in 2 months.
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Amérika García Grewal, M.S. @amerikaintl.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
So happy to see @hrw.org here! @blibal.bsky.social came down to investigate the use of Pepper Balls in Eagle Pass this past September, here's the report www.hrw.org/news/2024/09...
Shelby Park: Texas soldier in fatigues carrying a yellow stock CO2 weapon with a funnel, similar to paintball guns. These weapons are used to fire "pepper balls" filled with tear gas
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Bob Libal @blibal.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Texas can’t give its teachers a raise but can buy massive ranches to turn into deportation camps…
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Kartik Raj @kartikraj.eurosky.social · 20/11/2024
New UK data show 5.2 million kids live in poverty. It's great that there's now a Child Poverty Taskforce, but you don't need a Taskforce to state the obvious: End the #twochildlimit www.hrw.org/news/2024/11... Time for a Taskforce to do its work is a luxury kids in poverty can't afford @hrw.org
Children play in a park on a housing estate in Redcar, Teesside, May 17, 2023. © 2023 Joanne Coates/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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