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Unbuild Walls Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition
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Second death in ICE custody for FY20: Suicide at Louisiana Immigration Jail
Monroe, Louisiana — Detention Watch Network and Congreso de Jornaleros at the New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice are demanding an immediate investigation into…
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After sustained local activism, Gov. Newsom signs bill banning private prisons for immigration detention in CA
Sacramento, CA — Today, after years of sustained local activism led by immigrant rights groups, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed groundbreaking legislation that will ban the…
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Congressional Appropriations Leaders to Trump Administration: ICE Money Grab Won’t Be Tolerated While Congress Negotiates Next Year’s Budget
Washington, DC — The Defund Hate Coalition applauds appropriations committee leadership for enforcing Congress’s power of the purse and rejecting future attempts to misuse federal…
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The first death in ICE custody for Fiscal Year 2020 occurs in California as the state awaits passage of legislation to ban private detention
San Diego, CA — Detention Watch Network and Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice are demanding an immediate investigation and public release of the findings related…
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ICE Must Answer for its Abuses
Washington, DC — At a House Judiciary Committee hearing scheduled for Thursday morning, members of Congress will hear testimony from immigrants who have been detained…
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Immigration Advocacy Groups Call on Congress to Conduct Robust Oversight of ICE Detention in their Districts
Washington, DC — During a briefing with members of Congress, the National Immigrant Justice Center, Detention Watch Network, Freedom for Immigrants, and the American Civil…
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Another death in ICE Custody after ICE grabs $271 million from FEMA and other DHS agencies
Woodstock, Illinois — Detention Watch Network, Organized Communities Against Deportations, and the National Immigrant Justice Center are demanding an immediate investigation and public release of…
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Priorities for Fiscal Year 2020 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations
This month marks the end of the third fiscal year of the Trump administration, and again we are struck by the enormity of the changes in the immigration and border policy landscape in the United States. In the face of a White House that chips away at the norms of good governance each day, we urge you to ensure that in Fiscal Year 2020 Congress cuts the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)’s budget for detention, enforcement, and border militarization, while putting accountability measures in place to stop the agency’s pattern of abuse of the appropriations process.
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200+ Human and Civil Rights Organizations Call on Congress to Hold DHS Accountable and Cut Funding for ICE and CBP
Washington, DC — More than 200 non-governmental organizations sent a letter to Congress today calling for members to cut the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)…
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Trump will stop at nothing to perpetuate immigrant suffering — people should not be caged as they fight for their immigration status
Washington, DC — Silky Shah, Executive Director of Detention Watch Network, issued the following statement in response to a sweeping plan by the administration to…