Amnesty International calls on the US government to immediately release as many as possible of the over 20,000 civil immigration detainees in its custody, for the duration of the COVID-19 global pandemic. The US government should release families together. The organization also calls on the US government to immediately impose a temporary moratorium on all deportations and other forced returns of immigration detainees and to cease the unlawful expulsions of migrants and asylum-seekers and resume processing asylum-seekers’ claims in a manner while taking steps to safeguard public health.
