Volker Türk, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, on Friday raised the alarm internationally about deaths in US government immigration custody and called for “prompt, independent, impartial, and effective investigations.”
Türk’s call came as the Trump administration faced investigations by watchdogs at its own Department of Homeland Security (DHS) into deaths and use of force against people detained in its expanding immigration detention system across the country.
Donald Trump is coming under increased pressure amid the surge in deaths within Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, which comes under the DHS, including a significant series of suicides — and a lack of transparency from the US president and his federal agencies.
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