Our latest press releases on important news and events relating to immigration detention in the United States
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Washington, DC — More than 56,000 people are now in Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) custody, the highest number in history. This alarming spike - a 12 percent increase in just two weeks and 40 percent in just five months - comes amid Trump’s increasingly authoritarian escalation to carry out his multi-layered, mass detention and deportation agenda.
Washington, DC — The American Civil Liberties Union, Detention Watch Network, and the National Immigrant Justice Center today released a new guide for members of Congress to conduct vital in-person oversight visits of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities in their districts and states.
Los Angeles, CA — In response to Alex Padilla, a sitting U.S. Senator, being forcibly removed from a press conference with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Krisiti Noem, Carly Pérez Fernández, Communications Director at Detention Watch Network issued the following statement:
Lumpkin, Georgia — Amid increasing reports of overcrowding and the denial of human rights at the Stewart Detention Center, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has confirmed the death by suicide of Jesus Molina-Veya on Saturday, June 7, 2025. Mr. Molina-Veya’s tragic loss marks the thirteenth death in custody and the third confirmed death by suicide at Stewart Detention Center since ICE began detaining immigrants there in 2006.
Washington, DC — 50,000 people are now in Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) custody, according to the agency’s most recent reporting. This alarming spike - a 25 percent increase in just four months - comes amid Trump’s increasingly authoritarian escalation to carry out his multi-layered, mass detention and deportation agenda.
Washington, DC — In response to the Trump administration’s executive order reinstating the Muslim ban, Setareh Ghandehari, Advocacy Director at Detention Watch Network issued the following statement:
Washington, DC — With details emerging of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) latest campaign, “Operation At Large,” Setareh Ghandehari, Advocacy Director of Detention Watch Network issued the following statement:
Washington, DC — Today, the House of Representatives passed the Trump and MAGA backed megabill that is one step closer to substantially increasing Trump’s cruel mass detention and deportation agenda. The bill provides a shocking $150 billion for immigration enforcement – the targeting, detention, and deportation of people – including $45 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention to detain families and adults over the next four years at the expense of vital programs for all Americans. The bill now moves to the Senate.
Washington, DC — Yesterday, despite a federal court order, the Trump administration deported at least two people to war-torn South Sudan, in an alarming rise of third country deportations. Stacy Suh, Program Director of Detention Watch Network, issued the following statement:
Newark, New Jersey – Yesterday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed charges against Congresswoman LaMonica McIver in a blatant act of political retaliation for joining a congressional delegation intending to conduct an oversight inspection of Delaney Hall.
