Detention Watch Network

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Free Them All from Immigration Detention

The abysmal conditions that are intrinsic to the fundamentally flawed detention system have been exacerbated with COVID-19. ICE detention facilities have become hotbeds of infection during the pandemic.

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Detention Watch Network

Detention Watch Network is a national membership organization that brings together advocates from diverse backgrounds to unify strategy, build partnerships and strengthen the movement to end immigration detention.

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#DefundHate Campaign

For too long, our representatives have said they care about our communities while simultaneously funding aggressive immigration enforcement and deadly immigration jails.

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#CommunitiesNotCages Campaign

The Communities not Cages campaign supports local groups that are fighting to close existing detention centers, stop the construction of new detention centers and end the proliferation of ICE into other government agencies.

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#CommunitiesNotCages Campaign

The US government maintains the world’s largest immigration detention system.

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#DefundHate Campaign

Money is one of the only barriers to Trump fully enacting his anti-immigrant agenda.

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Latest Publications

Research and analysis exposing the injustices of the immigration detention system in the U.S.

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