US border police persistently commit human rights abuses against asylum seekers at the frontier with Mexico, a new report from two Latin America-focused NGOs say
While family separation is less common now than it was under the administration of former president Donald Trump, it still occurs, the report says./ Photo: AP
"Customs and Border Protection , the federal government's largest civilian law enforcement agency, has a persistent problem of human rights abuse without accountability," the report said on Wednesday. Just five percent"led to either policy recommendations or discipline recommended for the agent in question," the report said.
Many of the alleged abuses occur when migrants are in custody, after turning themselves into authorities or being intercepted.
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