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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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Anthology of Abuse: 13 Years at Farmville Detention Center
This report outlines extensive documentation of abuses that have occurred at ICA-Farmville Detention Center in its 13 year history. We ask that ICE allow this contract to expire and shut down operations at ICE-Farmville for good.
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U.S. V Texas Ruling Does Not Resolve Core Issues of Biden’s Enforcement Priorities
Washington, DC — On Friday, the Supreme Court rejected a Texas and Louisiana lawsuit seeking to block the Biden administration’s immigration enforcement priorities. In response…
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Number of People in Immigration Detention on the Verge of Reaching 30,000
Washington, DC - The number of people in immigration detention has reached approximately 30,000, more than double the number when President Biden took office in…
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Anthology of Abuse: End Three Decades of Abuse at the Elizabeth Detention Center
This ‘Anthology of Abuse’ compiles decades' worth of inhumane treatment at the Elizabeth Detention Center (EDC). The joint contract to operate the EDC between private prison company CoreCivic and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) expires on August 31.
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Carceral Carousel
The prison industrial complex is a highly adaptive mechanism that is constantly shifting to sustain itself. In recent years, the movement against mass incarceration has gained traction in reducing penal incarceration in the United States. In this report, we detail select case examples of jails and prisons that closed for one purpose, only to cage a different group of people. The case studies demonstrate how sustained pressure and community organizing can lead to transformative wins that can help free people and keep cages shut down for good.
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New Report Reveals Troubling Pattern: Jails and prisons close for one purpose, only to reopen for a different population
Washington, DC - A new report from Detention Watch Network and the Immigrant Legal Resource Center calls attention to a troubling pattern in the U.S…
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Key Detention & Enforcement Developments
Title 42 lifted. Title 8 processing resumed and asylum ban implemented. Enforcement operations ramped up. Anti-immigrant legislation in Congress and the states.
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With Title 42 gone, the administration must not rely on immigration detention and surveillance
Washington, DC – Tonight, the Biden administration will finally end Title 42, a racist border closure and expulsion policy that targeted immigrants seeking safety and…
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The administration should end Title 42 without relying on immigration detention and surveillance
Washington, DC – This week, the Biden administration will finally end Title 42, a racist border closure and expulsion policy that targeted immigrants seeking safety…
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Open Statement to the Biden Administration: Detention is not an effective or humane response to people seeking safety at the border and it must not be expanded
Washington, DC – Today, 233 organizations sent an open statement to President Biden demanding the administration make good on its commitments to never detain families…