Human Rights Watch Urges Members of Congress to Reject the White House’s Request for Increased Immigration Funding

Re: White House’s Request for Increased Immigration Funding Dear Members of Congress: I write on behalf of Human Rights Watch to urge you to reject the White House’s request for additional funding for immigration detention and abusive border policies.[1] This request, coming only ten weeks after US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) received significant budget increases in the final fiscal year 2019 appropriations, is unwarranted when the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has repeatedly failed to use its resources in rights-respecting ways.…

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