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UnidosUS & Partners Demand Reforms to End Immigration Enforcement Abuses

In response to a news investigation exposing the wrongful detention of more than 170 U.S. citizens and the broader pattern of executive government overreach, UnidosUS — as part of a coalition of 23 civil rights, faith and advocacy organizations — called on Congress to urgently strengthen oversight and accountability to immigration and federal law enforcement.

According to ProPublica’s reporting, children were among the citizen detainees, and some individuals were maltreated or held for days without access to legal counsel. Furthermore, the report found that the federal government keeps no official record of how often these detentions occur, underscoring the lack of transparency and oversight in immigration enforcement practices.

Thanks to your steadfast support, UnidosUS is able to help lead efforts calling for Congress to legislate meaningful reforms to prohibit abuses like these and restore transparency in immigration and federal law enforcement, such as requiring body cameras for agents, strengthening oversight of immigration enforcement and ensuring that no individual or family is wrongfully detained again. UnidosUS and partners have also sent a letter to the House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee urging additional hearings to further investigate these abuses and explore legislative remedies.

Our collective efforts are beginning to yield some results with Robert Garcia, House Oversight Committee Ranking Member, and Senator Richard Blumenthal, Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, announcing a congressional hearing in Los Angeles to examine wrongful detentions and related practices.

Donors like you make this critically important work possible. These efforts are part of UnidosUS’s Protect, Defend and Advance agenda to ensure that federal immigration policies are carried out lawfully, transparently and with humanity.

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