If you want to unite for the rights of immigrants, the Communities Not Cages Campaign is a great place to start. ICE’s detention centers are everywhere, which makes federal policy a local issue in communities nationwide. At Detention Watch Network, we can connect you with community organizing already happening in your area.
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.
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.
For too long, our representatives have said they care about our communities while simultaneously funding aggressive immigration enforcement and deadly immigration jails.
The Biden Administration: Latest Resources and DemandsPresident Biden can and must do more to undo the criminalization and punitive nature of the immigration system that existed well before Trump.
The Biden administration must shut down detention centers immediately and end detention contracts. The #FirstTen detention centers provide a roadmap of where to start.
#DefundHateThe federal government wastes more than $25 billion each year on ICE and CBP to profile, jail, and deport immigrants. Instead, our tax dollars need to be used to strengthen our families and communities.
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