Tell Congress: No Detention Expansion in Alexandria, Louisiana
We need you to take action NOW! The Trump administration has been aggressively expanding the immigration detention system in new and horrific ways for nearly two years. Now they intend to open a brand new facility located on a toxic waste site in Louisiana, where ICE plans to detain children and families. Right now, communities in Louisiana are fighting back to stop the La Salle Alexandria Airport Family and Child Detention facility from opening, and they need your help!
The administration plans to open this facility sometime in August, overlapping with the administration’s decision to strip unaccompanied children of meaningful access to legal counsel, putting tens of thousands of children at immediate risk. LaSalle Corrections has a long history of medical negligence and abuse resulting in deaths, including two of the most recent fatalities in ICE custody at the Winn Correctional Center in Winnfield, LA, which will only continue if we allow facilities like this one to operate.