PEOPLE SEEKING SAFETY AT RISK IN THE USA [USA 4.25]

Dear President Trump,

I urge you to uphold the human rights of immigrants and people seeking safety in the United States and abandon all plans for mass deportations.

While the U.S., like all countries, has the power to regulate the entry and stay of non-nationals in its territory, it can only do so within the limits of its human rights obligations.

A mass deportation campaign will violate multiple rights, including protection against return to a country where people are at real risk of torture and other serious human rights harms (refoulement); the right to seek asylum; freedom from arbitrary detention; due process; family unity and children’s rights; and non-discrimination. It will also tear apart communities, families, and the economy.

I call on you to:

• halt all plans for a mass deportation campaign, including plans for a national emergency, raids, mass detention, and deportations without due process
• ensure those at risk of serious human rights violations upon return are not deported
• uphold the human right to seek asylum
• ensure that no one is arbitrarily detained and that deportation procedures uphold the human rights and human dignity of all
• respect the right to family unity and the rights of children
• ensure that all laws, policies, and practices of the U.S. government on asylum and migration fully respect the right to non-discrimination

I implore you to abandon the demonization of immigrants and people seeking safety.

Yours sincerely,

[YOUR NAME]