Our latest press releases on important news and events relating to immigration detention in the United States
For media inquiries contact: media@detentionwatchnetwork.org
Dilley, Texas — Over the weekend Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported at least two active measles cases at the South Texas Family Detention Center (Dilley). The ICE facility, which jails parents with their children–-including babies–-has a well documented record of abuse, including medical neglect.
Dilley, Texas — The demand to end family detention is gaining renewed momentum alongside calls to cut Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) funding amidst growing outrage at ICE violence in Minneapolis, including the targeting of Liam Conejo Ramos, a five-year-old who was abducted by ICE with his dad and later sent to the South Texas Family Detention Center (Dilley). Today, U.S.
Washington, DC — Today in a massive show of support, 1,025 organizations, including immigrant justice, human rights, civil rights, faith, and labor organizations sent a letter to members of Congress to express horror, outrage and deep grief about the recent shooting deaths by federal agents in Minneapolis. “We demand an immediate halt in all funding for these deadly operations until the violence, abuses, and deaths in American communities and in immigration detention centers stop,” states the letter.
Minneapolis, Minnesota — In response to another fatal shooting by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Carly Pérez Fernández, Communications Director at Detention Watch Network, said:
Congress’s fiscal year 2026 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill is poised to further increase Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) already bloated budget, allowing ICE to continue expanding its detention capacity at a time when people are dying in the system at a record pace.
Washington, DC — While communities in Minneapolis and across the country mourn the death of Renee Nicole Good, who was executed by ICE last Wednesday, ICE has revealed that four people died in its custody in just the first 10 days of the New Year:
Minneapolis, Minnesota — Today, an ICE officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis, less than a mile from where George Floyd was killed by the police in 2020. The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom that tracks gun violence, including by ICE, notes there have been at least 14 ICE shootings under the Trump administration, as of January 7, 2026.
Washington, DC — Today Detention Watch Network and Popular Democracy held a press conference to honor people who have died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) immigration detention. The press conference featured Congresswoman Emily Randall (WA-06), directly impacted people and national immigrant justice leaders who denounced the Trump administration’s mass detention and deportation agenda.
Washington, DC — In response to news that the Trump administration plans to use the US Navy to build and expand immigration detention centers, Setareh Ghandehari, advocacy director of Detention Watch Network, issued the following statement:
Atlanta, GA — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is reportedly planning to restart detaining migrants in its custody at the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC), a facility notorious for human rights violations, sparking immediate concern from Georgia advocacy groups and directly-impacted community members.
