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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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Biden must close ICE detention centers without expanding the government’s surveillance dragnet
Washington, DC — In response to Axios reporting that the Biden administration is planning an expanded home confinement and curfew pilot program, Silky Shah, Executive…
Analysis
Retórica vs Realidad: Boletín de calificaciones del primer año de Biden
Un año bajo la administración de Biden, como Detention Watch Network (DWN) estamos profundamente decepcionados por la traición del Presidente Biden a sus promesas durante…
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One year later, Biden has failed to live up to his campaign promises and has dramatically increased immigration detention amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Washington, DC — Today, the Biden administration marks one year in office. Detention Watch Network, along with other immigration advocates, are disappointed and frustrated that…
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One Year into Biden Administration, 900 Faith Leaders, Religious and Immigrant Rights Groups Demand Biden Halt Inhumane Immigration Detention
Washington, DC — Today, 900 spiritual leaders and multiple faith-based and immigrant rights groups delivered a letter to the White House urging the Biden administration…
Analysis
Prohibiciones de detención migratoria por medio de legislación estatal
Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (Immigration and Customs Enforcement: ICE) opera un sistema de aproximadamente 200 cárceles de inmigración en todo el país, privando a…
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Detention Watch Network demands to see an official end to family detention that results in the permanent closure of detention facilities
Washington, DC – In response to Axios reporting that the Biden administration will stop detaining undocumented families in detention centers, Silky Shah, Executive Director of…
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Detention Watch Network blasts ICE’s intention, disclosed in private letter, to expand immigration detention
Washington, DC — In December, Detention Watch Network received a letter from Tae D. Johnson, Acting Director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in response…
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New report details Biden’s broken promises on ending the use of private prisons in federal incarceration and immigration detention
Washington, DC — The Biden administration has failed to deliver on the promise to end the use of private prisons in federal incarceration and immigration…
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Approaching World Children's Day, Mobile Ads in Washington DC Demand an End to Child Migrant Detention
Washington, DC — Today and tomorrow, leading into World Children's Day (November 20), mobile ads calling attention to the detention of migrant children are being…
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Broken Promises: Limits of Biden's Executive Order on Private Prisons
The Biden administration has failed to deliver on the promise to end the use of private prisons in federal incarceration and immigration detention, according to Broken Promises: Limits of Biden's Executive Order on Private Prisons a new report released by Detention Watch Network and Project South. The report provides an overview of progress towards that unfulfilled promise, explores a troubling trend of detention expansion, and outlines the steps the administration must take to end the federal use of private prisons and phase out the use of immigration detention entirely.