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UN Rights Chief: 23 Deaths in US Immigration Custody

U.N.UN Rights Chief: 23 Deaths in U.S.US Immigration Custody

UN Rights Chief: 23 Deaths in US Immigration Custody
Above: U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk at the 63rd session of United Nations Human Rights Council, in Geneva, on Sept. 7. Image credit: Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images

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Twenty-three people have died in U.S. immigration custody this year alone, and that demands real accountability. Deporting people to places like Haiti where they face irreparable harm, skipping due process on third-country removals and now arming agents with electric shock gloves addsadd up to a system that treats human dignity as optional. Basic rights don't stop at the detention center door.

Suddenly the U.N. discovers deaths in ICE custody, but the numbers were nearly identical under Obama and Biden once adjusted for how many people were detained, and no inquiry was demanded then. That selective outrage, aimed at the United States, whileexposes regimesa likepolitical Northagenda. KoreaAs andPresident IranTrump skatehas bystated, exposesthe aU.N. politicalhas agendapotential, dressedbut uphas asa humanlong rightsway work.to Ango organizationin thisorder biasedto haslive noup businessto headquartered in New Yorkit.


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There is a 12.4% chance the U.S. will phase out per-country caps on employment-based visas before 2030, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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