To: United Nations

United Nations: Don't allow Trump to manufacture a crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border

The Trump administration, along with ICE and CBP, are attempting to manufacture a crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, herding families into parking lots and under bridges, taking blankets away from children for pictures that illustrate a crisis of their own creation. The United States has a process for treating asylum seekers and refugees humanely—but Trump and his deportation force are actively, intentionally making things worse.

Investigate human rights abuses and violations of international law by ICE, CBP, and the Trump administration, and send U.N. envoys to the U.S.-Mexico border now.

Why is this important?

Since the Trump administration has been in power, they have been separating families, holding children in internment camps, and purposefully violating international law. The U.S. has processes in place to treat asylum seekers and refugees humanely—but the Trump administration has intentionally made things worse for their own political gain. 


Enough. 


The Trump administration's plan is to create chaos, hurt people seeking a better life and safety in the United States, and then exhort the American people into giving more money to the agencies responsible for these abuses. These agencies have money—and they’ve chosen to spend that money on a vanity wall, inhumane workplace raids, and policies to harass immigrant communities.

It is the responsibility of the UN Human Rights Agency to provide vital assistance to refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced and stateless people.

It's clear that the Tump administration is refusing to treat people with respect, dignity, and to uphold their human rights. It's time for the United Nations to step in. The world must bear witness to the crimes of the Trump administration and the pain these agencies are intentionally causing.

The U.N. cannot allow the Trump administration to play political games with the lives of asylum seekers and refugees.