At this time, Free Speech For Folks submitted a letter to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in assist of a proper criticism submitted by the Dolores Huerta Basis on behalf of 4 U.S. residents who have been topic to illegal and inhumane abuse by federal immigration officers, performing underneath orders of and in coordination with senior officers within the Trump administration. FSFP’s letter examines worldwide legislation and identifies the clear method by which the Huerta criticism satisfies UNHRC’s criticism admissibility standards.
Since that criticism was filed, Donald Trump and his administration have continued to hold out aggressive, illegal, and politically motivated military-style operations towards civilians in California, Oregon, Minnesota, and all through the nation. In January, in two separate incidents, federal brokers murdered two civilians: Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti. They’ve continued to commit violent assaults towards perceived immigrants and protesters as a part of extended, illegal, and violent occupations of Democratic-led cities and states. And in each Minnesota and Maine, Trump additionally has acted with particular animus towards the Somali refugee communities.
As FSFP articulates in its letter in assist of the Huerta criticism, the info alleged in that criticism reveal “constant patterns of gross and reliably attested violations of all human rights and all elementary freedoms occurring” in america and warrant investigation by the UNHRC. The criticism particulars first-hand accounts of illegal, abusive, and racially or ethnically motivated assaults, arrests, and detention of residents and different residents of america by federal officers. Trump has additionally fired oversight officers and blocked different mechanisms of oversight. And as a substitute of demanding accountability or placing an finish to the illegal occupation of American cities and states, in 2025, Congress appropriated $29.85 billion to ICE, $45 billion to the development of latest immigration detention facilities the place adults and kids are being held in inhumane and illegal circumstances of confinement, and an extra $10 billion slush fund to immigration businesses. And the U.S. Supreme Court docket has proven huge and unconstitutional deference to the Trump administration, even when confronted with manifest violations of federal legislation.
FSFP strongly urges the UNHRC to take up the Huerta criticism and to vindicate the rights of the complainants by a strong investigation into the human rights violations being dedicated by the Trump administration, in violation of each home and worldwide legislation.
Learn FSFP’s full assertion to the UNHRC right here.Learn our letter to UNHRC Chair-Rapporteur Frans Viljoen right here.
Signal the Petition: Inform the UNHRC to analyze the Trump administration’s human rights violations.
