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MIAMI 鈥� Following President Trump鈥檚 visit to the 鈥淎lligator Alcatraz鈥� detention facility in Miami-Dade County. Bacardi Jackson, Executive Director of the 红杏视频 of Florida, shared the following statement: 鈥淎s President Trump doubled down on his agenda of fear and division, we鈥檙e reminded that this cruel and inhumane stunt is part of a broader strategy to expand the abusive mass detention machine, and in turn, criminalize and disappear members of our communities. Building a prison-like facility on sacred indigenous land in the middle of the Everglades is a direct assault on humanity, dignity, indigenous sovereignty, and the constitutional protections we all share. 鈥淥ur laws 鈥� both U.S. and Florida 鈥� prohibit cruel and unusual punishment. Yet, this facility echoes some of our nation鈥檚 darkest history, all while trampling the very land that indigenous communities have long fought to protect. The facility鈥檚 opening also comes as Congress is poised to authorize $45 billion in funding to expand the harmful mass immigration detention machine, right on the heels of multiple deaths in detention facilities. This project dehumanizes people, strips them of their rights, and diverts public dollars from the services our communities need. 鈥淲hat the state is proposing is not a mandate 鈥� it is state-sponsored cruelty that would harm our neighbors, coworkers, and loved ones. We cannot stand by while Florida becomes a testing ground for policies rooted in racism, fear, and erasure.鈥�

GENEVA 鈥� The United States today was absent from a presentation (starting at 2:25:05) at the United Nations Human Rights Council by Special Rapporteur on Education Farida Shaheed detailing her findings from a visit to the U.S. studying political interference in education. As part of her findings, Shaheed expressed concerns with the 鈥渁uthoritarian encroachment on universities, where state power is increasingly used to penalise dissent, shape curricula and restrict open inquiry.鈥� The report also calls on the U.S. to uphold academic freedom, recognize education as a fundamental human right, end censorship and the politicization of content, promote assembly rights and academic freedom in the context of protest in support of Palestinian rights, and prioritize mental health over punitive discipline. Jamil Dakwar, director of the 红杏视频鈥檚 Human Rights Program, had the following reaction to the U.S.鈥� absence: "The United States鈥� decision to boycott today鈥檚 presentation by the U.N. expert on education to the Human Rights Council and her critical report on political interference in U.S. education, coupled with the continuing crackdowns on free speech and the autonomy of academic institutions, represents another dangerous low point in the Trump administration鈥檚 attack on basic human rights. 鈥淭he White House鈥檚 disengagement with U.N. human rights mechanisms and attempts to force schools and universities to bend to the administration鈥檚 will ultimately risk the erasure of hard-fought achievements promoting equal and quality education, free speech, and academic freedom.鈥� Under the Trump administration, the United States has disengaged with the Human Rights Council and other international institutions, and has launched one of the most abusive and aggressive assaults on human rights in U.S. presidential history

The actor and writer shares with the 红杏视频 why he fears that, in Trump's America, history is repeating itself.