Amnesty International (AI) considers that the first year of the second term of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, has caused a deterioration of the rule of law in the country, as stated in the annual report on ‘The situation of human rights in the world’.
“Immediately after taking possession, President Trump took an unprecedented number of actions that undermined the rule of law“, states the text.
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These include a crackdown on the judiciary and the media, retaliatory attacks against political enemies and pardons of the president’s supporters, undermining academic freedom, elimination and obstruction of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, and dismantling the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
Definitely, One of the main deteriorations included in the report is related to the immigration policies implemented by the Trump administration. and he did so, AI denounces, through “a racist and anti-immigrant agenda through executive orders that dehumanized and criminalized migrants and asylum seekers.”
“Nearly all federal law enforcement agencies were called upon to perform civil immigration enforcement functions,” and they condemn the regular presence of “masked agents, street patrols, and immigration enforcement operations that were extended to places where they were not previously permitted.”
New detention centers
In this sense, it is worth remembering the raids that took place in Minnesota and that ended with numerous protests in the streets and the death of two American citizens by federal agents.
The international organization also denounces the construction of new detention centers such as ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ or the suspension of the United States Refugee Admission Program.
Special chapter deserves for AI the ‘repression of widespread university protests’ against Israel’s attacks in Gaza and Trump’s offensive against universities contrary to his policies by cutting research funds and federal financing.
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They also denounce that “the government targeted international students and teachers.”
Regarding the rights of the LGTBI community, the report states that “the Trump government reversed protection mechanisms for LGBTI people and used federal agencies to attack their rights, especially those of transgender people.”
The report analyzing what happened in the United States in 2025 pays special attention to the repeal of a more than 60-year-old executive order intended to address discrimination in the workplace.
Reproductive and sexual rights have also been diminished, according to AI, since cuts in funding for reproductive health care centers and programs have led to the closure of clinics and have “disproportionately affected low-income people.”
More than 1,000 people died in police shootings
According to AI sources 1,143 people died from police shootings in 2025 in the United States and Black people disproportionately suffered from the use of lethal force, making up more than 23% of police gun fatalities, even though they represent 13% of the population.
On the other hand, the report states that “Trump signed an executive order ending the federal moratorium on executions” dictated by his predecessor, Joe Biden.
According to the report that analyzes 2025, arbitrary and indefinite detention by the United States continued in Guantánamo, Trump suspended the program that addressed the problem of firearms in the country and environmental and climate regulations were reversed. (YO)
