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A Closer Look at Trump’s Shocking Immigration Detention Expansion Plans

August 20, 2025

Washington, DC — Trump’s cruel mass detention and deportation agenda has reached a previously unimaginable scope and scale. Last week, a Washington Post report revealed what advocates have been calling attention to for months: with the shocking infusion of funding from the MAGA-backed megabill, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to double its detention capacity by the end of this year to detain nearly 110,000 people.

Members of Congress support the renewed call for Communities, Not Cages amid Trump’s cruel mass detention and deportation agenda

July 16, 2025

Washington, DC — Members of Congress are lending their support of Detention Watch Network’s (DWN) Communities Not Cages campaign relaunch, renewing calls to shut down Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers and stop the expansion of facilities as constituents across the country denounce the Trump administration’s cruel mass detention and deportation agenda that was just supercharged with the passage of the MAGA

100 organizations support the renewed call for Communities, Not Cages amid Trump’s cruel mass detention and deportation agenda

July 16, 2025

Washington, DC — Today, Detention Watch Network (DWN) is relaunching the Communities Not Cages campaign and renewing its call to shut down Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers and stop the expansion and construction of new facilities. With over a 100 DWN members, the support of 100 organizational campaign cosponsors across the country, and members of Congress, Communities Not Cages is amplifying local community organizing to end ICE detention while illuminating the dangers of the Trump administration’s multi-layered detention expansion plan.

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