Denise C. Bell is a researcher on refugee and migrant rights at Amnesty International USA, where she serves as an expert on issues of migration and displacement in U.S. and human rights law and policy. She has led multiple field missions to the U.S. southern border and Lebanon, Jordan, Israel, and Palestine. Previously, she was the senior campaigner for Amnesty USA’s campaign on the rights of refugees and asylum-seekers, following her tenure as an Attorney Advisor on the New York Immigration Court. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan, University of Cambridge, and Georgetown University Law Center.