; Whereas Cameroon’s Anglophone population have long been marginalized by official actions and policies of the Government; Whereas, in 2016, instability gave way to violence and in 2017 the conflict escalated when Cameroonian security forces brutally cracked down on Anglophone civilians peacefully demonstrating and displaced large numbers of people; Whereas nearly 700,000 people have been displaced in the northwest and southwest regions alone, with over 3,900,000 currently in need of humanitarian support, thousands have been killed, and the United Nations estimates that there are more than 58,000 refugees seeking safety outside of Cameroon; Whereas due to the continuing conflict in Cameroon, violence against and abuse of the civilian population are the most pressing concerns; Whereas the UNHCR has documented widespread protection issues and human rights violations, including the burning of property, kidnapping, rape and sexual assault, child labor and abuse, and illegal arrests; Whereas human rights groups have also documented cases of extrajudicial executions and torture committed by the Cameroonian security forces and by armed separatist groups; Whereas women, children, and people with disabilities are particularly vulnerable to and easy prey for rights abusers; Whereas the United States has openly commented on the severity of the crisis in Cameroon and following reports of rights violations by the Cameroonian military; Whereas the United States halted some of its military assistance yet the number of Cameroonians who are granted asylum in the United States has dropped steadily since 2007; Whereas many African countries have shut their borders to fight the COVID–19 pandemic and ICE has deported at least 189 African nationals to their countries of origin since the start of the outbreak