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National Lawsuit Seeks to Expose Secrecy of Immigration Raids
Click here to read the lawsuit Washington D.C. — Organizations around the country are highlighting local ICE enforcement tactics and filing a federal lawsuit against…
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Advocates across the country are demanding ICE be held accountable for deaths in immigrant detention
Washington, DC — For the second year in a row, Detention Watch Network (DWN) and immigrant rights advocates nationwide are marking the Latin American holiday…
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Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Government Transparency Against Private Prison Corporations
Today, the Supreme Court denied a petition by private prison corporations seeking to block the release of government documents about their immigration detention practices. In…
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Immigrant rights group rejects Trump’s Immigration Principles
Washington, DC — Executive Director of Detention Watch Network, Silky Shah responds to Trump’s ‘immigration principles’: “In yet another attack on immigrants, Trump’s nativist ‘immigration…
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Representatives Smith and Jayapal Introduce Legislation to Reform Deeply Flawed Immigration Detention System
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09) and Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) introduced the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act , legislation to reform the…
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Immigrant Rights Group denounces ICE retaliation against sanctuary cities with sweeping nationwide raid
Washington, DC — Detention Watch Network denounces Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) operation ‘Safe City’ that targeted sanctuary cities with nationwide raids impacting nearly 500…
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Trump planea redadas masivas en comunidades inmigrantes a partir de mediados de septiembre
Washington DC – Detention Watch Network (DWN), el Centro Nacional de Justicia de Inmigrantes (NIJC), el Centro Nacional de Derecho de Inmigración, United We Dream…
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DWN Condemns End of DACA
Washington, DC — Today Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The following is a statement by Silky Shah…
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Immigrant rights activists urge members of Congress to oppose anti-immigrant funding as Trump’s remarks up the ante on upcoming budget negotiations
Washington, DC — With just two weeks left until members of Congress return to DC to vote on Trump’s funding proposal, last night’s campaign style…
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Rights Groups Call for Transparency and Accountability in Latest ICE Detention Death
New York, NY — Immigrant rights organizations, Center for Constitutional Rights, Queer Detainee Empowerment Project (QDEP), Families for Freedom, Immigrant Defense Project (IDP), and Detention…