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Unbuild Walls Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition
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DWN Condemns End of DACA
Washington, DC — Today Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The following is a statement by Silky Shah…
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Immigrant rights activists urge members of Congress to oppose anti-immigrant funding as Trump’s remarks up the ante on upcoming budget negotiations
Washington, DC — With just two weeks left until members of Congress return to DC to vote on Trump’s funding proposal, last night’s campaign style…
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Rights Groups Call for Transparency and Accountability in Latest ICE Detention Death
New York, NY — Immigrant rights organizations, Center for Constitutional Rights, Queer Detainee Empowerment Project (QDEP), Families for Freedom, Immigrant Defense Project (IDP), and Detention…
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Hunger Strikers Overcome Brutal Retaliation, Persevering into their Second Day
Adelanto, CA – It has now been 31 hours since nine individuals, known as the #Adelanto9, began a hunger strike at the Adelanto Detention Center…
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Third Death in Immigration Detention Makes the Adelanto Detention Center the Deadliest Facility in 2017
Washington, DC — Immigrant rights organizations, Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement (CIVIC), Detention Watch Network (DWN), and the Inland Coalition for Immigrant Justice…
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Detention Watch Network Condemns Trump’s Anti-Immigrant FY 18 Budget
Washington, DC — Yesterday, the Trump administration released their proposed budget for fiscal year 2018. Trump is asking taxpayers to support massive cuts to domestic…
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Second Suicide to Occur in ICE Detention This Year
Washington, DC — Immigrant rights organizations, Georgia Detention Watch and Detention Watch Network demand an immediate investigation into the death of Jean Jimenez-Joseph. Jimenez-Joseph, 27…
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Entanglement Between Federal Government and Private Prison Companies Deepens
Washington, DC — Yesterday, the Daily Beast reported that Daniel Ragsdale, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Deputy Director, will be leaving ICE for an undisclosed…
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Federal Budget Limits Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Agenda, Continues to Expand Detention and Border Militarization
Washington, DC – For weeks, hundreds of thousands of people across the country have gathered petitions, protested in the streets, and confronted members of Congress…
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Detention Watch Network Reflects on the Eve of Trump’s 100th Day in Office
Detention Watch Network Reflects on the Eve of Trump’s 100th Day in Office Washington, DC — Ahead of Trump’s 100th day in office, Silky Shah…