Detention Watch Network

On Día de los Muertos, we honor the lives lost at the hands of ICE. #ICEkills No more abuse and death at the hands of ICE and no more ICE funding while people lose health care, struggle to pay rent and kids go hungry. Host an action: bit.ly/action-dayofthedead

Demand justice with us for Día de los Muertos / Day of the Dead on Monday, November 2nd at 5pm ‼️ As a part of @detentionwatchnetwork.org's national week of action, we will be rallying in honor and grief of all lives taken at the hands of ICE. 📣 Sign up here: www.mobilize.us/disappearedi...

No Detention Expansion in Alexandria, Louisiana The current administration has been expanding the immigration detention system for almost 2 years and is planning to open a new facility intended to house families &sdf kids. 🔗for @detentionwatchnetwork.org action actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

“It’s very clear that the rampant systemic medical abuse is a core feature of the immigration detention system,” said Stacy, program director of the Detention Watch Network... “You can’t get well in a detention center.” theintercept.com/2026/09/30/i... @theintercept.com

As the Trump administration fights to keep deporting immigrants to countries where they have no connections, we studied the system that profits from these grave abuses. theintercept.com/2026/09/29/i...

“No matter how many times we hear this same horrendous information, it doesn’t get better and it keeps getting worse,” said Setareh Ghandehari, advocacy director at @detentionwatchnetwork.org. prospect.org/2026/09/30/i...

30 years ago, Congress passed #AEDPA and #IIRIRA, shifting immigration policy toward detention as the default, not the exception. In 1995, fewer than 7,500 people were detained daily. Today, that number is nearly 70,000. That growth didn’t happen by accident. truthout.org/articles/cli...

Join our team! We are hiring a senor organizer or organizing manager in the Northeast, learn more: www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/about/jobs-o...

ICYMI: ICE is preparing to open a new child & family detention center in Louisiana at the England Airpark adjacent to the Alexandria International Airport, notoriously known as ICE’s busiest mass deportation hub. ✒️Tell Congress to stop this facility before it opens! bit.ly/nofamilydetentionLA

Today, we received notice of another death in ICE detention. We also learned that a 20-year-old Haitian immigrant, Pierre Damas Bel, took his own life in Springfield, Ohio, after the Trump Administration ended TPS for Haitians and fitted him with an ankle monitor.

This is why you can't have healthcare. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/ice-buy-robot-dogs-immigration-enforcement-rcna594897

Over 20,000 children could be left to navigate one of the world's most complex legal systems alone — against trained government attorneys, in a language they may not speak. Tell Congress to protect #UnaccompaniedChildren ➡️ tinyurl.com/protect-kids

Want to show up for immigrant and human rights? One way is to join with @detentionwatchnetwork.org. Feel free to suggest more with replies. #AbolishICE #MeltICE #LorenzoSalgadoAraujo

54 people have died in ICE custody under the current Trump admin. The alarming death toll underscores that ICE’s mass detention & deportation system is plagued by poor conditions, a lack of accountability & a culture of violence and secrecy that results in system-wide abuses, including death.

An important video to watch by our friend Setareh Ghandehari, Advocacy Director at @detentionwatchnetwork.org www.instagram.com/reel/DboPbj5... #NoKingsNoCamps

Local communities are making it clear from coast to coast – they don’t want detention centers or warehouse detention. And they are winning! We demand an end to Trump’s cruel mass detention expansion and that detention facilities be shut down for good. www.inquirer.com/politics/pen...

Last month, a U.S. senator warned that the Trump administration planned to deport 500 unaccompanied children. This month, reporting shows it has plans to relocate tens of thousands of unaccompanied kids to Texas. The Trump administration is attacking immigrant children on all fronts.🧵⤵️

New interview I did with Amna Akbar in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social was just published. It's a bit of a synthesis on the how we got here and the current conditions on immigration. Always great to be in convo w/Amna & wonderful to work w/Aparna Gopalan at JC on this. jewishcurrents.org/unbuild-the-...

NEW: Aurora Police say an ICE detention center employee shot a protester last night. She is expected to survive. 42-year-old Brandon Booth, who works for the ICE contractor GEO Group, is being held on suspicion of attempted second degree murder and other charges.

This morning, I was notified of another death in ICE custody. This is the 53th death on ICE’s watch during Trump’s second term. We must continue to fight for accountability for everyone who has lost a loved one. And it’s time to end the use of all for-profit detention centers.

Join us to take action now to demand that Congress stop providing funds to ICE and Border Patrol!  🔗 Send a letter today: bit.ly/nofunds27  👥 Tag your congress member below

@detentionwatchnetwork.org is continuing to work with local communities to fight the warehouses (toolkit here: bit.ly/noicewarehouse) and stop expansion of detention in more traditional facilities such as former prisons. Despite the billions in funding, there is a lot we can still do to stop them.