Why is U.S. immigrant detention violating human rights?
• Human rights belong to everyone regardless of where they are born, place of residence, sex, race, religion, and any other differences.65 • The United States has been one of the biggest champions of human rights around the world and American values are based on respect for liberty, due process and human dignity. • International human rights law, no matter which country they come from or where they go, protects all migrants and immigrants.66 • While each government has the right to make its own immigration policies, countries are expected to respect international human rights in its policies and practices. • International human rights documents like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) make up the International Bill of Human Rights. 67 Specific human rights laws (within the above) are being violated in immigrant detention: • Right to
