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UN Panel Says Racist Hate Speech by Trump and Other US Leaders Has Led to Human Rights Violations
The UN panel highlighted 29 migrant deaths in detention and urged suspension of enforcement near sensitive sites amid a surge to 73,000 detainees, citing racial profiling and excessive force.
- On Wednesday, CERD warned that derogatory language and immigration crackdowns in the US fuel rights violations, including deaths and mass arrests of migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers.
- Earlier this year, thousands of federal agents including ICE conducted raids in Minnesota after the CERD flagged policy changes that lifted enforcement limits near sensitive sites.
- At least 675,000 people have been deported since January 2025, detainee numbers rose from 40,000 to around 73,000 this year, and at least eight deaths occurred during ICE operations or in detention facilities.
- CERD urged Washington to suspend enforcement operations and conduct a rights-based review of laws adopted since January 2025, calling for impartial investigations amid public outrage over abuses.
- The CERD, made up of 18 independent experts, used its mandate after an urgent February submission from the American Civil Liberties Union to address US rights violations, officials said.
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US President Donald Trump's racist statements and hate speech are fueling human rights violations in the United States, the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has said.
The "racist hate speech" held by US President Donald Trump and other political leaders, together with a tightening of immigration repression operations, fueled serious human rights violations, declared Wednesday, 11 March, a United Nations (UN) monitoring body.
·Paris, France
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CERD deplores the "dehumanizing language" and the "systematic" profiling that violates human rights.
·Montreal, Canada
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