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The first death in ICE custody for Fiscal Year 2020 occurs in California as the state awaits passage of legislation to ban private detention
San Diego, CA — Detention Watch Network and Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice are demanding an immediate investigation and public release of the findings related…
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ICE Must Answer for its Abuses
Washington, DC — At a House Judiciary Committee hearing scheduled for Thursday morning, members of Congress will hear testimony from immigrants who have been detained…
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Immigration Advocacy Groups Call on Congress to Conduct Robust Oversight of ICE Detention in their Districts
Washington, DC — During a briefing with members of Congress, the National Immigrant Justice Center, Detention Watch Network, Freedom for Immigrants, and the American Civil…
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Another death in ICE Custody after ICE grabs $271 million from FEMA and other DHS agencies
Woodstock, Illinois — Detention Watch Network, Organized Communities Against Deportations, and the National Immigrant Justice Center are demanding an immediate investigation and public release of…
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Priorities for Fiscal Year 2020 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations
This month marks the end of the third fiscal year of the Trump administration, and again we are struck by the enormity of the changes in the immigration and border policy landscape in the United States. In the face of a White House that chips away at the norms of good governance each day, we urge you to ensure that in Fiscal Year 2020 Congress cuts the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s budget for detention, enforcement, and border militarization, while putting accountability measures in place to stop the agency’s pattern of abuse of the appropriations process.
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200+ Human and Civil Rights Organizations Call on Congress to Hold DHS Accountable and Cut Funding for ICE and CBP
Washington, DC — More than 200 non-governmental organizations sent a letter to Congress today calling for members to cut the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)…
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Trump will stop at nothing to perpetuate immigrant suffering — people should not be caged as they fight for their immigration status
Washington, DC — Silky Shah, Executive Director of Detention Watch Network, issued the following statement in response to a sweeping plan by the administration to…
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Day after Mississippi raids: Details are sparse, ICE motives are clear
Washington, DC — Detention Watch Network denounces Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) latest raid operation in Mississippi that tore nearly 700 people from their loved…
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The death toll in ICE custody rises to 194, groups demand an immediate investigation
Lumpkin, Georgia —Project South, Georgia Detention Watch, and Detention Watch Network are demanding an immediate investigation and public release of the findings related to the…
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Blueprint for Terror: How ICE Planned its Largest Immigration Raid in History
Washington D.C. — Today, Mijente, Just Futures Law and Detention Watch Network released a summary report, “ Blueprint for Terror: How ICE Planned its Largest…