The rights group accuses the federal, state, and local authorities of systematic failure to enforce immigration laws without discrimination.
A study by Amnesty International USA shows such discrimination results in human rights violations.
“All immigrants, irrespective of their legal status, have human rights. Amnesty International’s report shows that the USA is failing in its obligations under international law to ensure these rights,” says the Amnesty report titled ‘In Hostile Terrain: Human Rights Violations in Immigration Enforcement in the US Southwest.’
The report adds that federal immigration programs that operated in conjunction with state and local police put “Latino communities, indigenous communities and communities of color along the border at risk of discriminatory profiling.”
The United States government has disputed Amnesty’s findings as based on flawed information.
Homeland Security Department spokesman, Matthew Chandler said the Amnesty study did not offer “thoughtful, actionable recommendations for improvement but instead calls for the wholesale suspension of immigration enforcement programs nationwide.”
The US has in recent years increased security along its 3,220-kilometer border with Mexico adding fencing, surveillance and more border agents.
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