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Unbuild Walls Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition
Drawing from over twenty years of activism on local and national levels, this striking book offers an organizer’s perspective on the intersections of immigrant rights, racial justice, and prison abolition.
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Detention Watch Network se mantiene firme en su compromiso de luchar contra la agenda de detenciones y deportaciones masivas de Trump
En respuesta al regreso de Donald Trump a la Casa Blanca, Silky Shah, Directora Ejecutiva de Detention Watch Network ofreció la siguiente declaración: “Seamos claros…
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New Report Compiles Decades of Abuse at a Notorious ICE Detention Center in Arizona
Eloy, Arizona — Today, Detention Watch Network, Florence Immigrant and Refugee Rights Project, and Trans Queer Pueblo released an ‘Anthology of Abuse’ on the Eloy…
Report
Anthology of Abuse: A Legacy of Failed Oversight and Death at the Eloy Detention Center
This new report details the failed oversight, medical neglect and deaths in the Eloy Detention Center. Eloy has gained notoriety as the "deadliest immigration detention center in the U.S.," with at least 16 reported deaths, including five suicides. The report calls for the release of people detained and the permanent closure of the facility immediately.
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People who have experienced detention and immigrant justice advocates meet with members of Congress to halt ICE expansion and end immigration detention
Washington, DC – Today, a delegation of immigrant justice advocates and people who have experienced immigration detention representing Arizona, California, Louisiana, New Mexico, Virginia and…
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ICE continues to eye immigration detention expansion, now on the West Coast, flying in the face of community values and state legislation
Los Angeles, CA – Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is seeking to expand immigration detention capacity in the West with the potential to impact Washington…
Organizational Letters to Congress
Pattern of Deteriorating Immigration Detention Conditions Amid Expansion Efforts
Our immigrant and civil rights organizations write to draw your attention to recent policy changes and other decisions across the immigration detention system that violate the basic rights and humanity of immigrant communities, particularly people who are currently detained. We urge you to reverse these decisions and work towards fulfilling your stated commitments to dignity and humane treatment of all people, including those who immigrate to our nation. We also request an immediate engagement with agency officials to discuss these recent changes.
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221 Organizations Call for ICE’s Expansion Efforts to Halt Amid a Pattern of Deteriorating Conditions in Immigration Detention
Washington, DC – Today, 221 immigrant justice organizations sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, urging the administration to halt…
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Loss of Free Phone Access – A Critical Lifeline in Detention – Triggers Hunger Strikes
Washington, DC – Last week reports began emerging of a troubling trend in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention. People detained in 16 facilities from…
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Biden Must Shut Down South Texas Family Detention Center “Dilley” Without Expanding Detention Elsewhere
Dilley, Texas – Yesterday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that the South Texas Family Detention Center in Dilley, Texas, commonly referred to as “Dilley,”…
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Biden Continues to Codify the Right’s Anti-Immigrant Agenda in New Border Executive Order
Washington, DC – In response to Biden’s executive order that, when triggered, will temporarily shut down the Southern border to people seeking asylum, Silky Shah…