New report details discrimination during fires

The ACLU of San Diego and Imperial Counties and San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium are calling for the formation of a task force to set policies and standards that ensure humanitarian principles are upheld in disaster relief efforts. The groups released a report today reviewing the "treatment of vulnerable populations during the San Diego fires."

The report was largely a response to alleged discrimination and intimidation directed toward immigrants at the Qualcomm evacuation site. The report also details similar cases at other evacuation sites, discrimination against other ethnicities at evacuation sites, and alleged wrongdoings of law-enforcement officials when dealing with the media and residents returning home.

The report also called for more trained Spanish speakers to assist in emergency relief and an end to identification checks at evacuation sites.