Report: “Disrupt and Vilify”: The War on Immigrants Inside the U.S. War on Drugs With Special Cannabis Summary Report

A new joint report from Human Rights Watch and the Drug Policy Alliance shows thousands of people are being deported every year for drug offenses that in many cases no longer exist under state laws, harming and separating immigrant families.

Punitive federal immigration laws separate families, destabilize communities, and terrorize noncitizens, all while overdose deaths have risen and drugs have become more potent and available.

Congress should reform immigration law to give immigration judges discretion to make individualized decisions. States should ensure drug reforms apply to non-citizens as well.

Read our report: “Disrupt and Vilify”: The War on Immigrants Inside the U.S. War on Drugs

• See our factsheet summarizing our report.
• See our factsheet summarizing marijuana-related findings in our report.