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U.N. rights chief Volker Türk highlights arbitrary arrests, family separations, and calls for adherence to international law amid reports of 36 deaths in ICE custody since last year.
- On Jan 23, U.N. High Commissioner Volker Türk urged the Trump administration to ensure migration policies respect individual rights and warned against arbitrary arrests.
- After the Jan 7 shooting in Minneapolis, large-scale federal and Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations have targeted the city amid protests and outrage over a detained child.
- Surveillance and arrests extended into hospitals, churches, mosques, courthouses, markets, schools, and private homes, with enforcement sometimes using disproportionate force and detaining parents without legal access, Türk said.
- Families face immediate harm as Türk highlighted children missing school and medical appointments, called for an independent and transparent investigation into deaths in ICE custody last year and this year, and warned due process risks eroding public trust.
- Türk deplored dehumanising portrayals and urged leaders at all levels in the United States to halt scapegoating that fuels xenophobic hostility, stressing under international law on use of lethal force that it should be a last resort.
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UN rights chief expresses alarm over deaths in ICE custody
US immigration enforcement faced mounting scrutiny Jan. 23 from international officials as well as congressional Democrats following a detainee death ruled a homicide by a county medical examiner in Texas. The disturbing development comes amid a dramatic spike in deaths in Homeland Security custody. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk called on the US to ensure that its immigration policies comply with international law, citing rep…
Volker Türk demanded an independent and transparent investigation into the worrying increase in deaths in the custody of the Immigration and Customs Control Service (ICE), reporting at least 30 last year and six more so far this year.
U.N. human rights chief slams White House over immigration crackdown tactics
Volker Turk, the U.N.'s commissioner for human rights, on Friday accused the Trump administration of launching immigration raids that don't respect the due process rights of migrants and refugees and have resulted in violent detentions at hospitals, courthouses and houses of worship.
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UN rights chief slams 'routine abuse' of migrants in US
Volker Turk called on the US to ensure migration policies and enforcement practices respect human dignity and due process and slammed the "dehumanising portrayal and harmful treatment of migrants and refugees".
UN rights chief decries 'routine abuse' of migrants in US
UN rights chief Volker Turk condemns what he calls routine abuse, arbitrary arrests and family separations in US immigration enforcement, urging Washington to halt dehumanising practices and investigate deaths in custody.
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