Hi,
As the nation's attention is understandably focused on Trump having the
coronavirus and on the Supreme Court, we must continue to remember and
stop the violence being done to immigrant women.
Last week members of Congress heard directly from immigrant women that ICE
has been performing forced hysterectomies on detainees, often without
their knowledge or consent.^1 If true, there's a word for this:
genocide.^2
Organizations like Project South, Georgia Detention Watch, and the Georgia
Latino Alliance for Human Rights, have filed official complaints.^3
Representatives Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Pramila
Jayapal have called for an investigation.^4 We support their call -- and
they need your help to get the government to act.
We need to sound the loudest alarms possible to investigate and end forced
sterilizations immediately!
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Investigate and end forced sterilizations in ICE
detention camps now!
Forced sterilization is genocide. Period. The World Health Organization
classifies forced sterilization as a human rights violation.^5 More than
that, forced sterilization is a form of eugenics and was a precursor to
the rise of Nazism and fascism a century ago.
This is a serious allegation and needs to be investigated immediately.
Many women detained in ICE camps are fleeing wars, ethnic genocide,
political instability, and terrifying levels of crime and gang violence.
For them, making it to the US is their last hope for survival and safety.
But now, in ICE camps, under US custody, ICE agents are allegedly allowing
an outside doctor to perform hysterectomies detained women without the
knowledge, consent, or full understanding of what's being done to their
bodies. That's in addition to the other horrors that have already been
documented in these camps.
Our allies in Congress are stepping up to demand action. Our allies need
you to speak up now to make sure this is investigated and justice is
served.
[ [link removed] ]This can’t wait: Sign the petition to demand an end to forced
sterilization in ICE detention camps immediately!
Thanks for taking action,
Tihi and the team at Demand Progress
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More information from on-the-ground organizations leading the fight:
[ [link removed] ]Project South
[ [link removed] ]Georgia Detention Watch
[ [link removed] ]Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights
Sources:
1. Yahoo! News, "An ICE Nurse Revealed That A Georgia Detention Center Is
Performing Mass Hysterectomies," [ [link removed] ]September 14, 2020.
2. Common Dreams, "'Forced Sterilization Is Genocide': Rights Groups
Condemn ICE Amid Whistleblower's Allegations of Unwarranted
Hysterectomies," [ [link removed] ]September 15, 2020.
3. CNN, "Whistleblower alleges high rate of hysterectomies and medical
neglect at ICE facility," [ [link removed] ]September 15, 2020.
4. Tweet from Rep. Ayanna Pressley, [ [link removed] ]September 14, 2020.
5. World Health Organization, "Eliminating forced, coercive and otherwise
involuntary sterilization," [ [link removed] ]May 2014.
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