Written Testimony: "Kids in Cages: Inhumane Treatment at the Border"

On behalf of Human Rights Watch, I thank the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, for the opportunity to submit this statement for its hearing addressing inhumane treatment at the border. Human Rights Watch is a non-profit, independent organization that investigates allegations of human rights violations in more than 90 countries around the world, including in the United States, by interviewing victims and witnesses, gathering information from a variety of sources, and issuing detailed reports. Where human rights violations have been…

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