The U.S. Commision on Civil Rights (USCCR) released last Sept. 17, which found that detained illegal immigrants are being denied constitutional rights.
The report, which is entitled "Statutory Enforcement Report: The State of Civil Rights at Immigration Detention Facilities" investigated the conditions of the detained families, as well as their rights and due process.
The report revealed that there are some detention centers that are not observing proper standards, such as medical care and basic necessities, Latin Post reported.
Furthermore, the report also found evidence that the administration is interfering with the rights of those detained by giving them food that carry maggots, denying medical treatment, and physically and sexually abusing children.
The report is now giving its recommendations to the Department of Homeland Security to release those who have been held in detention facilities, reduce the time they are being detained, and make sure these people experience humane treatment while being on hold.
According to Martin R. Castro, Chairman of the USCCR, the government needs to understand that these detainees are in the area because they are seeking for sanctuary.
"They're coming to be protected from a situation that in their homeland is untenable. They're not going to want to disappear, they want to have want their rights enforced, they want to find their asylum case confirmed," Castro said in the Latin Post report, adding that these people are less of a risk and that they should be released as soon as possible.
The report has been released in the hope of putting to light that civil rights are being violated. It appears that not everyone in the commission seems to agree on the submitted report.
According to SeTexas Record, two commission members aired their opposing statements about how the report was being created to support the pro-immigration plan and supplement immigration attorneys.
But the report did acknowledge that the government has responded to the ruling and argued that it has already made some changes such as releasing children and mothers more quickly.
