Families torn apart, dignity under threat.
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has slammed the U.S. for the “growing dehumanisation of migrants,” warning that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) practices are violating basic human rights and due process.
Türk highlighted widespread surveillance, arrests, and detentions of undocumented migrants—even in hospitals, schools, places of worship, markets, and homes—sometimes involving violence. He stressed that these operations instill fear across communities, with children missing school and medical care due to concern for detained parents.
“Those who peacefully protest heavy-handed raids are often threatened, or even subjected to arbitrary violence,” Türk said. He also criticized large-scale enforcement operations that appear unnecessary or disproportionate, pointing to a fatal shooting in Minneapolis on January 7, 2026.
The UN rights chief urged the U.S. to end family separations, ensure due process, and investigate the rising number of deaths in ICE custody—30 reported in 2025, with six more in 2026.
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