“These documents provide a glimpse into a federal immigration enforcement system marked by brutality and lawlessness,” said Mitra Ebadolahi, ACLU Border Litigation Project staff attorney.
“All human beings deserve to be treated with dignity and respect regardless of their immigration status — and children, in particular, deserve special protection. The misconduct demonstrated in these records is breathtaking, as is the government’s complete failure to hold officials who abuse their power accountable. The abuse that takes place by government officials is reprehensible and un-American.”
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More information on the report and documents is available here:
https://www.aclusandiego.org/civil-rights-civil-liberties/
ACLU Obtains Documents Showing Widespread Abuse Of Child Immigrants
Wednesday, June 06, 2018
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