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To: U.S. Congress
Congress: Investigate the secret detention of children and asylum-seekers at hotels
Congress must investigate the illegal and immoral detention of children and asylum-seekers at secret hotels. Our demands are that they take 2 immediate actions:
1. Go to a hotel a blacksite and demand access to these families to provide the Texas Civil Rights Project hotline, and retrieve key information to advance the legal defense of these families, such as name, date of birth, and country of origin.
2. Investigate and call for the Department of Homeland Security, either through letters or oversight hearings, to release key information about this illegal practice and the "expulsions" policy
Why is this important?
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a rogue and secretive federal agency that systematically violates the legal and human rights of immigrants and asylum-seekers. Now, they are secretly detaining children, families, and asylum-seekers at hotels across the U.S. without a paper trail or any due process before disappearing them from the country. Without a paper trail, there is no way for anyone to ensure the safety and rights of the people DHS is secretly detaining.