UN chief urges โaccountabilityโ after 23 die in US immigration custody in 2026
The United Nations rights chief on Monday demanded accountability for swelling numbers of deaths in US immigration custody, and urged Washington to halt deportations to places where people face โirreparable harmโ. Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council, Volker Turk highlighted that โfour more people have died in US immigration custody since my last update to this councilโ in June. That meant there had been โa total of 23 deaths in 2026 aloneโ, he said, insisting that โthere needs to be...