Over the past 13 years, we have witnessed a series of attacks on the fundamental rights and freedoms of immigrants in America. Beginning with the Clinton Administration’s support of two sweeping and punitive immigration reform bills in 1996, and continuing with the Bush Administration’s overzealous response to the September 11 attacks, immigrants in the United States have faced attacks on their freedom, dignity, and equality. Fortunately, despite attempts by successive presidents to undermine immigrant rights, there is a growing international movement to recognize that basic human rights protections are guaranteed to all people, regardless of citizenship status. In 1948, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), codifying for the first time the fundamental human rights of all people. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt served as chair of the UN Commission on Human Rights and played a leading role in drafting the Declaration. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was enacted primarily as a response to the tragedy of the Holocaust and was heavily influenced by the U.S. Bill of Rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights contains 30 articles detailing specific rights that belong to all human beings everywhere, including civil and political rights, economic, social and cultural rights. With over 60 years of history, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a foundational document of the modern human rights movement. Since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the international community, the United States has ratified numerous human rights treaties, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, and the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. By ratifying these treaties, the United States has entered into binding international obligations to respect and protect the human rights recognized in these treaties. In addition, the United States has also signed other human rights treaties, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. As a signatory to these treaties, the United States has declared that it will not do anything to undermine the objectives of these treaties.