DHS just released its plan on how to respond to the increase in - mostly Haitian - migrants who are crossing in to the US at Del Rio, Texas. It is anti-Black, promises to use unfair procedures, and is, well, just frankly an infuriating disappointment. dhs.gov/news/2021/09/1… Instead of focusing on providing access to asylum , DHS promises to us illegal expulsions under Title 42 & expedited removal and " to accelerate the pace and increase the capacity of removal flights to Haiti and other destinations in the hemisphere within the next 72 hours."

I'm doing a human rights-focused read of the summary of the immigration bill Biden is slated to send to Congress today. @hrw cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus… A lot of good! Some downers. Thread: Right off the top, it's wonderful to the see the Admin describe the bill as aimed at managing the border. This seems to suggest that they are moving away from a security-only approach that tends to see migrants (mostly) as threats.

Along with my @hrw colleagues @NicoleAustinHil & @MichaelBochenek spoke with children detained in border jails last week. Nicole and I have penned a piece for @CNN on how the US Congress can stop putting these children at risk. cnn.com/2019/06/24/opi… The situation we found is unacceptable. The US is holding many kids, including some who are much too young to take care of themselves, in border jails for weeks at a time without contact with family members, regular access to showers, clean clothes, toothbrushes, or proper beds.

This week, I’ve been working as part of a team of lawyers and doctors monitoring conditions in border facilities, including in Clint. What we found has left me devastated. buff.ly/2FnKmKx Children should spend no more than a few hours in short-term border jails and US-law limits their detention under typical circumstances to 72 hours, but many of the children we interviewed at Clint had been there for three or four weeks.