Citing AP investigation, senators demand answers on use of full-body #restraints during #deportations

A “near-total secrecy” surrounding deportation flights & the use of #FullBodyRestraints onboard is raising “serious #HumanRights concerns,” a group of 11 Democratic U.S. senators wrote in a letter Thursday to top immigration officials.

#Trump #law #immigration #WRAP #HumanRights
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-deportations-wrap-senators-letter-55acd1dc304ce16c9f560d271819e78e?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-30-Deportation+flights

Citing AP investigation, senators demand answers on use of full-body #restraints during #deportations

A “near-total secrecy” surrounding deportation flights & the use of #FullBodyRestraints onboard is raising “serious #HumanRights concerns,” a group of 11 Democratic U.S. senators wrote in a letter Thursday to top immigration officials.

#Trump #law #immigration #WRAP #HumanRights
https://apnews.com/article/immigration-deportations-wrap-senators-letter-55acd1dc304ce16c9f560d271819e78e?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-30-Deportation+flights

"The WRAP is the subject of a growing number of federal lawsuits likening incorrect usage of the device to punishment and even torture, whether used in a jail or by immigration authorities during international flights. Among advocates’ concerns is that ICE is not tracking the WRAP’s use as required by federal law when officers use force."

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-deportations-trump-administration-civil-rights-84309f534c601befa6e9faeae78bcff5

#PublicHealth #ICE #DHS #immigrant #immigration #detention #deportation #restraints #CivilRights #LawEnforcement

"The WRAP is the subject of a growing number of federal lawsuits likening incorrect usage of the device to punishment and even torture, whether used in a jail or by immigration authorities during international flights. Among advocates’ concerns is that ICE is not tracking the WRAP’s use as required by federal law when officers use force."

https://apnews.com/article/immigration-deportations-trump-administration-civil-rights-84309f534c601befa6e9faeae78bcff5

#PublicHealth #ICE #DHS #immigrant #immigration #detention #deportation #restraints #CivilRights #LawEnforcement