The U.S. is among the 173 State parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination. The 18 member Committee, the first body created by the United Nations to review actions by States to fulfill obligations under a specific human rights agreement, examines reports submitted periodically by States parties on efforts to comply with the Convention. Government representatives generally present the report, discuss its contents with Committee members, and answer questions.

Over 32,000 immigrants are detained on any given day in the U.S.
They are held in various detention facilities, county jails, and private for-profit prisons accross the country.

To see if there are immigrants detained near you, take a look at this detention map.

This map also includes information on specific detention centers, community organizations, Immigration & Customs Enforcement offices, and Immigration Courts.

Energy of a Nation is the immigration resource center for The Advocates for Human Rights. The site provides accurate, up-to-date information and resources about immigration and immigrant rights to educators, students, advocates, and community members.

Learn more about immigration and become active in teaching others at www.energyofanation.org!

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is responsible for ensuring that immigrants who are detained are provided safe and human conditions of confinement while their cases are in immigration proceedings or are awaiting deportation to their home countries. Due to an increase in Detention and Removal proceedings since the 1990s, it quickly became clear that oversight was needed to ensure that immigrant detention was meeting the needs of detainees and facility personnel along with maintaining a safe and humane environment. As a result, 36 national Detention Standards were introduced in 2000.