Analysis

This resource is part of a series that explores the various avenues for massive detention expansion. Here, we discuss plans to expand ICE detention through Intergovernmental Service Agreements (IGSAs). It is estimated that ICE’s use of county jails since President Trump’s inauguration has at least doubled.

This resource is part of a series that explores the various avenues for massive detention expansion. Here, we discuss plans to expand ICE detention into the Bureau of Prisons (BOP), a division of the Department of Justice (DOJ). Using and recycling federal prisons for ICE detention is not new. It is a continuation of a carceral carousel, the regular cycling of prisons for use by federal, state, and local government agencies.

President Trump is aggressively following through on his campaign promise of mass detention and deportations. Two executive orders issued on day one of Trump’s second administration made clear that detention is a center piece of the mass deportation plans. This resource is part of a series that explores the various avenues for massive detention expansion. Here, we discuss plans to expand ICE detention into US military bases.

The history of abuse and negligence inside Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention is long and well-documented. A growing consensus has emerged among advocates that the system is irreparable, unnecessary, cruel, and racist by design. The only solution is to abolish it. As we work together to achieve a future without immigration detention, Detention Watch Network believes that efforts to end detention must be rooted in abolitionist values to ensure that we do not inadvertently replicate or create new harmful systems. To that end, we created this document to help guide our work.