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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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Immigrant Justice Advocates Denounce Trump’s Plan to Double Immigration Detention Capacity
Washington, DC — Last week The Washington Post obtained a report that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is seeking to more than double its immigration…
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New DHS Directives Will Unleash Lasting Harm and Suffering
In response to the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) directives to rescind the Sensitive locations memo, expanding targeting and arrests, and ending humanitarian parole, Setareh…
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Detention Watch Network Denuncia las despiadadas órdenes ejecutivas de Trump que deshumanizarán y criminalizarán a les inmigrantes
Washington, D.C. — Ayer, Donald Trump emitió una serie de órdenes ejecutivas relacionadas con la inmigración que criminalizan y demonizan a les inmigrantes. La gente…
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Detention Watch Network denounces Trump’s ruthless executive orders that will dehumanize and criminalize immigrants
Washington, D.C. — Yesterday, Donald Trump issued a slew of immigration related executive orders that criminalize and demonize immigrants. People across the country are swiftly…
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DWN Calls on Congress to Resist Dangerous Trump 2.0 Agenda
Washington, D.C. — In response to Donald Trump’s presidential inauguration, Silky Shah, Executive Director of Detention Watch Network, issued the following statement: “We are resolute…
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Detention Watch Network Celebrates Ravi Ragbir's Pardon
In response to Ravi Ragbir, longtime immigrant rights activist, receiving a presidential pardon, Silky Shah, Executive Director of Detention Watch Network, released the following statement…
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Advocates Demand Senate Reject Immigration Bill Exploiting Tragedy
Washington D.C — This week, the newly inaugurated U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation that, among other things, would massively expand mandatory detention requirements for…
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Act Now to Protect Immigrant Communities
Our 193 immigrant and civil rights organizations urgently write to ask that you take immediate action to protect immigrant communities while you still can. In your remaining months in office, you have an opportunity to honor your stated commitments to the dignity and humane treatment of all people, including those who immigrate to our nation, before the next president follows through on his mass deportation plans, separating families and upending the lives of millions of people in the process.
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193 Organizations Urge the Biden Administration to Take Decisive Action to Protect Immigrants
Washington, DC — Today, 193 immigrant justice organizations sent a letter to President Biden and Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, urging the administration…
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Bottomline: with Homan at the helm, we anticipate mass raids, immigration detention expansion, and family separations that will devastate communities across the country
Washington, D.C. — In response to Tom Homan’s new appointment as ‘Border Czar’ for the incoming Trump administration, Setareh Ghandehari, Advocacy Director of Detention Watch…