Human Rights and Immigration
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Numerous international human rights documents聽firmly estab颅lish the principle that no human being can be 鈥渋llegal鈥� or outside the protection of the law. Yet despite the clearly established principle that discrimination and abuse based on immigration status are violations of human rights, U.S. government policies continue to sanction human rights violations against migrants and im颅migrants.
Federal immigration enforcement policies, including border enforcement measures by Customs and Border Protection (CBP), have led to an increase in racial profiling, border killings, and denial of due process rights.聽Immigrant workers are often abused, exploited, and have become scapegoats and victims of racism and stereotyping.
Every year, the U.S. government detains hundreds of thousands of individuals in administrative immigration detention. Some of these individuals鈥攚ho include asylum seekers, longtime residents, children, and people with disabilities鈥攁re sometimes detained for months or years while their immigration cases and any subsequent appeals proceed. Moreover, many detainees are subject to 鈥渕andatory detention鈥� and never receive the most basic element of due process: a bond hearing to determine if their detention during the pendency of their cases is even necessary. As a result, many detainees are subjected to prolonged detention even though they have substantial challenges to removal and pose no significant danger to public safety or flight risk.
Despite years of advocacy and some additional oversight, U.S. immigration detention facilities continue to be plagued by inhumane conditions, including overuse of solitary confinement and sexual assault. In short-term custody cells and facilities run by CBP along the U.S. border, adults and unaccompanied children have been subjected to abuse, harassment, and mistreatment.
Numerous international human rights documents聽firmly estab颅lish the principle that no human being can be 鈥渋llegal鈥� or outside the protection of the law. Yet despite the clearly established principle that discrimination and abuse based on immigration status are violations of human rights, U.S. government policies continue to sanction human rights violations against migrants and im颅migrants.
Federal immigration enforcement policies, including border enforcement measures by Customs and Border Protection (CBP), have led to an increase in racial profiling, border killings, and denial of due process rights.聽Immigrant workers are often abused, exploited, and have become scapegoats and victims of racism and stereotyping.
Every year, the U.S. government detains hundreds of thousands of individuals in administrative immigration detention. Some of these individuals鈥攚ho include asylum seekers, longtime residents, children, and people with disabilities鈥攁re sometimes detained for months or years while their immigration cases and any subsequent appeals proceed. Moreover, many detainees are subject to 鈥渕andatory detention鈥� and never receive the most basic element of due process: a bond hearing to determine if their detention during the pendency of their cases is even necessary. As a result, many detainees are subjected to prolonged detention even though they have substantial challenges to removal and pose no significant danger to public safety or flight risk.
Despite years of advocacy and some additional oversight, U.S. immigration detention facilities continue to be plagued by inhumane conditions, including overuse of solitary confinement and sexual assault. In short-term custody cells and facilities run by CBP along the U.S. border, adults and unaccompanied children have been subjected to abuse, harassment, and mistreatment.