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Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

Safeguarding civil rights and civil liberties is elemental to all the work we do at DHS.

  • Web Accessibility Favelets

    Favelets is a set of bookmarks with JavaScript test functions activated from your web browser. Another word used to call this is bookmarklets. The respective zip file includes bookmarks with favelets built-in along with descriptions of their source and use in the included README.txt.

  • Web Accessibility Toolbar

    Web Accessibility Toolbar (WAT) adds a toolbar to Internet Explorer to aid manual inspection of accessibility related elements on web pages. Developed by the Web Accessibility Tools Consortium.

  • Expert Recommendations Memo for Onsite Investigation at Henderson Detention Facility in Henderson, Nevada

    CRCL conducted an onsite investigation into conditions of detention for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees at the Henderson Detention Facility in Henderson, Nevada.

  • Expert Recommendations Memo for Onsite Investigation at Houston Contract Detention Facility in Houston, Texas

    CRCL conducted an onsite investigation into conditions of detention for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees at the Houston Contract Detention Facility in Houston, Texas.

  • About the Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties

    Read about how CRCL supports and shapes the work of DHS through its Divisions, Branches, and Sections.

  • Notice to Recipients on Nondiscrimination During Disasters

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reminds its recipients of federal financial assistance that are engaged in emergency management (e.g., state and local emergency management agencies, other recipients) and their subrecipients of federal funds, of their obligations to ensure that individuals and communities affected by disasters do not face unlawful discrimination in the provision of federally assisted services to disaster survivors.

  • Installation and Setup Instructions for Trusted Tester Testing Software

    This guide provides guidance on how to install the required testing software that will be used by Trusted Testers following the Trusted Tester Test Process for Applications.

  • Expert Recommendations Memo for Onsite Investigation at Theo Lacy Facility in Orange, California

    In response to complaints allegations summarized herein, CRCL conducted an investigation into conditions of detention for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange, California on December 8, 2015.

  • Retention Memo Concerning Suicide Attempts

    CRCL received four complaints alleging that the Office of Field Operations and U.S. Border Patrol within CBP have violated an individual's civil rights or civil liberties. The purpose of this memorandum is to notify CBP of the complaint and describe those allegations, inform CBP that CRCL will retain this complaint for investigation, and explain how CRCL will work with CBP during its investigation.

  • Close Memo for Onsite Investigation at Eloy Detention Center, Eloy, Arizona

    CRCL conducted an investigation into two deaths and two suicides of individuals in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), at the Eloy Detention Center (EDC) located in Eloy, Arizona. CRCL's review of EDC focused in large part on medical care, mental health care, and suicide prevention and intervention, as well as other conditions of detention issues raised in the complaints.