Our latest press releases on important news and events relating to immigration detention in the United States
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Denver, CO — Last week it was reported that the Buckley Space Force Base in Colorado will detain people in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, revealing one of the first locations of Trump’s plan to more than double ICE’s immigration detention capacity.
Washington, DC — Today, Trump announced he will sign an executive order to detain 30,000 people at Guantánamo Bay, a military base in Cuba.
Washington, DC — Last week The Washington Post obtained a report that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is seeking to more than double its immigration detention capacity by opening four new 10,000 bed detention facilities, as well as 14 smaller sites with space for 700 to 1,000 people.
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 Ghandehari, Advocacy Director of Detention Watch Network issued the following statement:
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 denouncing the executive orders as an attack on our shared values of dignity, freedom, and opportunity that the majority of Americans deeply believe in.
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 de todo el país está denunciando rápidamente las órdenes ejecutivas como un ataque a nuestros valores compartidos de dignidad, libertad y oportunidad en los que la mayoría de les estadounidenses creen profundamente.
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 in our commitment to fight Trump’s mass detention and deportation agenda. In doing so, we are fundamentally committed to supporting the local community groups across the country that will be the first line of defense in keeping people safe.
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:
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 immigrants who have been convicted, charged, or merely arrested for certain theft offenses. The bill also gives states broad standing to sue the federal government on many immigration actions, from broad policy decisions to individual case decisions.
Washington, DC — Today, 193 immigrant justice organizations sent a letter to President Biden and Department of Homeland Security Secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, urging the administration to take decisive action to prevent catastrophe for millions of people and avoid handing the keys to an expanded and inhumane detention and deportation system to the next administration.
Specifically, the letter implores the administration to:
