rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/sierra-blanca-survivor?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-sierra-blanca-survivor' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> RAICES https://actionnetwork.org/groups/raices-refugee-and-immigrant-center-for-education-and-legal-services https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/084/329/normal/Sierra_Blanca_Survivors_Final.jpg “Monkeys,” “animals,” “stupid motherf****ing Africans,” and “terrorists.” On March 22, 2018 the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), Texas A&M School of Law Immigrant Rights Clinic, and University of Texas School of Law Immigration Clinic jointly filed complaints demanding the U.S. Attorney investigate the abuse of approximately 80 African men previously detained for civil immigration reasons at the for-profit West Texas Detention Facility in Sierra Blanca, TX. Read the full report here. Complaints filed with the U.S. Attorney’s office, the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, the Office of the Inspector General, and local authorities demand investigations into these abuses. Advocates also filed a Request for Precautionary Measures with the Inter American Commission on Human Rights and a request with Immigration and Customs Enforcement requesting an exercise of prosecutorial discretion be made on behalf of several of these detained men. Attorneys representing the survivors have been informed that many will be moved to the El Paso Processing Center with the intention of deporting the men imminently. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/sierra-blanca-survivor