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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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Family detention, like all immigration detention, is inhumane, unjust, and unnecessary
Dilley, Texas — Today news broke of the Trump administration beginning to detain families at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas (nicknamed…
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Trump’s Racism, Xenophobia Fully on Display in Joint Congressional Address
Washington DC — In response to Trump’s joint congressional address, Silky Shah, Executive Director of Detention Watch Network, issued the following statement: “Trump’s address was…
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This week in immigration detention – detention deaths, targeting children, and expanded detention capacity – including the first new detention center under this presidency in New Jersey
Washington, DC — This week, the Trump administration’s cruel, multi-layered immigration detention expansion plan moved full steam ahead with the news of Immigration and Customs…
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Three deaths in ICE custody in just over a month of Trump’s presidency marks the most deaths to occur in this fiscal year time period in five years
United States – This week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported the death of Maksym Chernayak, 44, who died in ICE custody on February 20…
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Over 200 Civil & Human Rights Organizations Representing Millions of Americans Demand Congress Reject Funding for Abusive Detention Expansion
Washington, DC — This week, over 200 human rights organizations focused on advancing immigrant and racial justice, safeguarding democracy, and protecting our civil rights and…
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Homan and Miller Beg U.S. Senate for Billions More in Taxpayer Dollars to Carry Out Mass Cruelty
Washington, DC — This week, both chambers of Congress are moving forward a budget process to supercharge President Trump’s agenda. Today the Senate will consider…
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The Return of Family Detention is Unconscionable
Washington, DC — The Trump administration is preparing to publish a Request for Proposal (RFP) for private prison companies to reinstate family detention, according to…
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Detention Watch Network: The administration’s solicitation of shipping containers to detain people is outrageous and enraging
Washington, DC — In response to an alarming report that the Trump administration is considering utilizing shipping-containers to detain people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
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Notorious Alabama detention center to re-open three years after its celebrated closure
Washington, DC — This week at the National Sheriffs’ Association’s annual conference, Sheriff Jonathan Horton said the Etowah County Jail (Etowah) in Alabama will soon…
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Trump’s use of Guantánamo Bay to detain migrants on U.S. soil is unprecedented; Will put lives in danger and tear apart families
Washington, DC — The Trump administration has begun detaining migrants at Guantánamo Bay, with two flights occurring this week from Fort Bliss carrying roughly a…