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Denouncing federal immigration raids as a form of “ethnic cleansing,” Rep. Maxine Waters and a group of U.S. citizens announced Monday that they were petitioning the United Nations to investigate the Trump administration sweeps for potential human rights violations.

Sitting beside famed civil rights activist Delores Huerta, Waters told reporters that the crackdown was untenable and would tear the country apart if left unchecked.

“When people are targeted because of how they look or the language they speak, the government is absolutely failing,” Waters said. “We cannot rely upon the administration to police itself.”

Filed partly on behalf of four U.S. citizens, including a pregnant

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