Author:

Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS), International Refugee Assistance Project (IRAP), National Immigration Law Center (NILC), Al Otro Lado, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Border Kindness, and Southern Border Communities Coalition (SBCC)

Date:

December 11, 2023

Language:

English

Issue Area:

Detention

U.S.-Mexico Border

Publication Type:

Human Rights Body Submission

Seven immigrant rights organizations lodged an urgent federal complaint with the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) concerning gross human rights violations by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which has held people seeking asylum in squalid, unsafe open-air detention sites along the U.S.-Mexico border in California.

Attachments:

Download OADS CRCL Complaint_2023.12.11.pdf

CBP Violations of Custody Standards and Human Rights of Individuals Detained in Open-Air Detention Sites in the San Diego Sector Require Immediate Attention to Save Lives