Petition to Obama: Review Raids Policies

by Dave Bennion · 2009-01-11 15:10:00 -0500
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As the Bush administration winds down,  officials have emitted a flurry of midnight regulations, carefully timed so that the incoming administration can't easily undo them.

Duke at the Sanctuary points out two of these last-minute rules coming from DHS:

  1. restricting immigrants' right to effective counsel in court and

  2. expanding the use of forcible DNA collection from noncitizens.

Duke also directs us to a petition started by the Working Rights Group asking President Elect Obama to:

place a moratorium on current immigration enforcement practices in order to conduct a full review of DHS policies and programs to ensure that they are compliant with Constitutional protections and internationally recognized human rights standards.

Such a pause makes sense given what we know about the railroad justice at Postville, Iowa, the needless deaths in detention due to policies which breed neglect, and the contempt with which the Bush administration has viewed basic human rights concepts like due process of law.

Stepping back to review flawed immigration policies--those in the executive's discretion--is an essential step towards a government that respects human rights.  Sign the petition!

Dave Bennion
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