Committee of Concerned Scientists
- Role
- Institutional position in a public letter signed by the Committee’s co-chairs
- Statement date
"The United States does not recognize inherited political guilt."
Source and context
Official statement
About this source
Primary institutional letter dated September 8. It opposes family-based punishment and seeks individualized proceedings and release absent individual risk evidence. Its legal conclusions and residence-status terminology remain the organization's assertions, not independent findings.
Before the quotation
The Committee addressed a public letter to Secretary Rubio concerning the detention and attempted removal.
After the quotation
The letter seeks individualized proceedings and release absent personal security or flight-risk evidence. It is one organizational response, not four independent signatories. Its legal conclusions are attributed, not adjudicated. Midnight UTC is a date-only placeholder for September 8.
How this statement is classified
The organization’s signed letter explicitly objects to the detention and asks for release.
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