Report to Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Follow Up to July 24, 2025 Public Hearing, “Human rights situation of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers”

Our immigrants’ rights organizations were grateful for the opportunity to participate in the Commission’s July 24, 2025 public hearing regarding widespread and escalating violations of human rights and refugee law committed by the U.S. government in the immigration context. In this follow-up report, we include recommendations for the Commission and responses to each question asked by Commissioners during the hearing.

Recommendations:

Our requests are for the Commission to: (1) engage with the advocates, legal defenders, and members of affected immigrant communities in the United States; (2) conduct site visits to detention centers and countries where third country nationals are being expelled or deported; (3) continue and increase the use of thematic hearings; (4) request further information from the U.S. government on its mass arrests, detention, treatment, and deportation of immigrants; and (5) publish a report addressing human rights violations uncovered through this work of the Commission.