Our latest press releases on important news and events relating to immigration detention in the United States
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Washington, D.C - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a federal spending bill that would dramatically increase funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). ICE’s already astronomical budget would increase by 13.5 percent from Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 to FY 2024, while CBP would receive a 19 percent increase from the previous FY.
Washington, DC – In response to Biden’s invitation to Trump to collaborate on an immigration bill, Setareh Ghandehari, Detention Watch Network’s advocacy director, issued the following statement:
Washington, DC – In response to recent reporting by NBC News, The Washington Post, The New York Times, and other outlets citing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials claiming a budget shortfall and demanding more fundin
Washington, DC – In response to recent reporting in The Atlantic that Donald Trump and Stephen Miller are formulating plans to deploy the National Guard to deport millions of immigrants, Silky Shah, Executive Director of Detention Watch Network issued the following statement:
Washington, DC – Yesterday the Senate released text of a proposed funding bill that would provide Biden with $118 billion in response to his $106 billion supplemental funding request. The bill includes numerous cruel and dangerous anti-immigrant provisions and will gravely impact people’s ability to seek safety and opportunity in the U.S.
In response, Setareh Ghandehari, Advocacy Director at Detention Watch Network issued the following statement:
TRENTON, NEW JERSEY - The pursuit for immigrant rights in New Jersey is making early headway in 2024 and one of the state’s most significant opponents is President Biden.
Washington, DC – Last week, Frankline Okpu, 37, died on December 6 and Carlos Juan Francisco, 42, died on December 4, both in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody. The tragic passing of Okpu and Francisco marks 14 reported deaths in ICE custody under the Biden administration.
Washington, DC – New reports indicate that the Biden administration has signaled willingness to use immigrants as bargaining chips to push through his October funding request.
Louisiana — Today, Detention Watch Network, the Southeast Dignity Not Detention Coalition, the National Immigration Project (NIPNLG), and RFK Human Rights released an ‘Anthology of Abuse’ on the still operational Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, Louisiana. Its short history as a U.S.
Washington, DC – Today, following a Senate Appropriations Hearing, activists and immigration attorneys, including Muslims for Just Futures, Pangea Legal Services, and Project ANAR confronted Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over President Biden’s $105 billion supplemental funding request, including $8.7 billion in additional funding for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), doubling down on a policy of hyper militarization and incarceration.
Watch the video of the confrontation with Mayorkas
