Overview
- The Geneva-based Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issued its decision Wednesday under an early warning protocol.
- It urged the U.S. to suspend immigration enforcement operations near schools, hospitals and faith-based institutions.
- The panel called for reviews of use-of-force and asylum policies and for safeguards limiting immigration agencies’ access to personal data.
- ICE and CBP were criticized for racial profiling and conducting identity checks that often appeared arbitrary.
- The report cited eight recent deaths tied to discriminatory and violent methods, naming Alex Pretti and Renee Good killed during Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota.