Extreme Heat

Groups Urge Biden Administration to Plan for Extreme Heat in US Border Policies, Abandon Deterrence Model

Groups Urge Biden Administration to Plan for Extreme Heat in US Border Policies, Abandon Deterrence Model

Climate change should prompt the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to revise its policies relating to human mobility in many respects, including by urgently addressing the US’ responsibility to those who move in the context of adverse climate change impacts. The undersigned 68 human, civil, immigration, and environmental rights organizations, write to urge DHS to plan for extreme heat as a crucial element of this administration’s approach to climate change and the border.