The Flores Rule Change Denies Basic Human Rights

Immigrant Rights News 08.21,19

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Rafael Medina, [email protected], 202.869.0390

WASHINGTON – Vanita Gupta, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the final rule to overturn the Flores settlement:

“With this administration, there is no bottom. They just go lower and lower. Mere days following their heinous public charge rule, the administration has moved to deny basic human rights protections to migrants. The rule change allows DHS to incarcerate children and families indefinitely – in facilities with demonstrated track records of putting them directly in harm’s way. The rule must be overturned immediately.”

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 200 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States. The Leadership Conference works toward an America as good as its ideals. For more information on The Leadership Conference and its member organizations, visit www.civilrights.org.