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Unbuild Walls Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition
Drawing from over twenty years of activism on local and national levels, this striking book offers an organizer’s perspective on the intersections of immigrant rights, racial justice, and prison abolition.
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No Matter the Election Outcome, Congress Must Defund ICE and CBP and Prioritize the Wellbeing of Our Communities
Washington, DC— As Americans await the election results, the Defund Hate campaign issued the following statement: “In January, the next president of the United States…
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Community Organizations Free Hundreds of Immigrants from ICE Detention
Beginning Wednesday, October 21st, in an action dubbed “Fall Freedom Day,” immigrant rights organizations in coordination with the National Bail Fund Network and Detention Watch…
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ICE Ends Fiscal Year 2020 with its Highest Death Toll in 15 Years
Washington, DC — On the last day of Fiscal Year 2020, Silky Shah, Executive Director of Detention Watch Network, issued the following statement in response…
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Reported death in detention this week, whistleblower revelations last week — No one is safe in ICE custody
Lumpkin, Georgia — Today the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported the death of Cipriano Chavez-Alvarez, 61, who died from COVID-19 early Monday morning after being detained at…
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Rights groups mourn death of Jose Freddy Guillen Vega from COVID-19
Lumpkin, Georgia – El Refugio, Georgia Detention Watch, Project South, Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR), and Detention Watch Network extend their deepest sympathies…
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Two notorious Texas detention centers receive new 10-year ICE contracts with private prison corporations
Taylor, TX — Last week, in a move seemingly designed to ensure mass detention continues for another decade, ICE awarded 10-year contracts to private prison…
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Death Toll in ICE Custody Climbs to 17 with 2 deaths reported this week as COVID-19 Ravages Detention Centers Nationwide
Washington, DC — This week two deaths were reported in Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) custody, Kuan Hui Lee, a 51-year-old man who died after…
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After months of ignoring the outbreak of Covid-19 in ICE detention, Acting Director Matthew T. Albence Stepping Down
Washington, DC — In response to the announcement that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Matthew T. Albence is retiring, Silky Shah, Executive Director…
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Two deaths in ICE detention in four days — ICE is an integral part of the deadly police infrastructure
Washington, DC — This week Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported two deaths of people in its custody, Onoval Pérez-Montufa, 51, who died Sunday after…
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ICE is Recruiting a ‘Citizen’ Army to Fuel Its Propaganda Machine
Washington, DC — On Monday, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced it is recruiting for the inaugural class of a new Enforcement and Removal Operations…