Care at the Immigrant Detention Centers
Saturday, May 17, 2008; Page A16
SARNATA REYNOLDS
Refugee and Migrant Director
Amnesty International USA
The May 11-14 front-page series “Careless Detention” implicitly raised the question of what purpose is served by incarcerating some 33,000 migrants and asylum seekers in the United States each day.
The scapegoating of migrants and asylum seekers and the deliberate fueling of fear by some politicians and parts of the media have been accompanied by measures that have trampled on their most basic human rights, including the right to liberty and personal security. [more]