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Heartland Alliance Marjorie Kovler Center joined 87 organizations urging support of the Restoring Protection to Victims of Persecution Act (HR 4800) to eliminate the arbitrary one-year bar to asylum (April 2010)

Heartland Alliance Marjorie Kovler Center joined 30 organizations in petitioning the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ) to issue regulations allowing the release of detained asylum seekers who pose no danger to the community and would face persecution if returned to their home countries (March, 2010)

Heartland Alliance and the Marjorie Kovler Center joined over 24 organizations in endorsing The Refugee Protection Action of 2010 (S.3113) to strengthen the country's commitment to protecting refugees fleeing persecution or torture (March 2010)

One-year anniversary of President Obama signing the Executive Order ensuring lawful interrogations and banning torture - January 22, 2010

Webcast of the first ever hearing of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, entitled "The Law of the Land. U.S. Implementation of Human Rights Treaties"

Written testimony submitted by the Marjorie Kovler Center and submitted into the record

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