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Together NYC

Height and Weight Protections

Source of Income Discrimination

Disability Protections

Pay Transparency

Being Seen in NYC

Black Business Solidarity Initiative

Condemning Immigration Detention Conditions

COVID-19

Credit History Discrimination

Discriminatory Harassment

Discrimination Survey Report

Fair Chance Employment Act

Fair Housing NYC

Gender Identity and Expression

I Still Believe in Our City

I Am Muslim NYC

Jewish New Yorkers

LGBTQI Protections

May We Know Our Own Strength

Meals as Collective Memory

Protections for Domestic Violence Survivors

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Sexual Harassment in the Workplace

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While Black in NYC

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You Have Rights NYC


Condemning Immigration Detention Conditions at the U.S.-Mexico Border

The NYC Commission on Human Rights joined by the International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies and over a dozen human and civil rights agencies and leaders have joined together to condemn the deplorable conditions of detention of undocumented immigrants.

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The International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies, a network of state and local government human rights agencies, together with the undersigned individual member and non-member government human rights agencies, enforce local and/or state human rights and civil rights laws, and work to promote and further human rights principles and positive intergroup relations across the United States. As human rights leaders, we condemn the conditions under which undocumented immigrants are being held in U.S. immigration detention, specifically the conditions of detention of children, pregnant immigrants, and immigrants with disabilities and other medical needs, and the separation of families. The failure to provide sanitary housing conditions, including, but not limited to, adequate space and comfort for sleeping; adequate water, nutrition, and access to food; comprehensive medical attention and access to medication; and adequate hygiene, including showers, soap, hygiene products, toothbrushes, and toothpaste, violates basic human rights precepts demanding that all people be treated with dignity and respect, and the right to be free from discrimination on the basis of national origin and ethnicity. As domestic human rights experts, we are compelled to speak out against such gross disregard for the human rights and dignity of undocumented immigrants and call on all human rights officials to join us in our demand to end these deplorable conditions of detention immediately, which endanger not only the health, safety, and welfare of those held in detention but also their families and communities.

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Signatories

International Association of Official Human Rights Agencies

New York City Commission on Human Rights

Cambridge Human Rights Commission

Chicago Commission on Human Rights

City of Anderson Human Relations Department

City of Cincinnati Office of Human Relations

City of Milwaukee Equal Rights Commission

Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities

Howard County Office of Human Rights

Los Angeles County Commission on Human Relations

Amy Sneirson, Executive Director, Maine Human Rights Commission

Michigan Department of Civil Rights

New Jersey Division of Civil Rights

New York State Division of Human Rights

Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission

Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations

Alicia Weigel, Commissioner, Austin Human Rights Commission

Jared D. Breckenredge, Commissioner, Austin Human Rights Commission

Nathan White, Commissioner, Austin Human Rights Commission

City of Albuquerque Mayor’s Office of Equity and Inclusion

Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion

Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations

Albuquerque Human Rights Board

Human and civil rights organizations interested in joining the statement should email Nimer Basha at nbasha@cchr.nyc.gov.