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A national coalition building power through collective advocacy, grassroots organizing, & strategic comms to #abolish immigration detention in the US

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ICE getting rid of seven detention warehouses is a direct result of community organizing! There is immense power in neighbors joining neighbors to advocate for the dignity of all people, to reject dehumanization, and to call for taxpayer dollars to be invested in projects and programs that support communities as a whole. People are not commodities to be shipped, discarded, and profited off of in detention warehouses or any detention facility — full stop. Local communities are making it clear from coast to coast – they don’t want detention warehouses or detention centers of any kind.

There are at least four detention warehouses that still pose the imminent risk of opening, including in Surprise, AZ, Socorro, TX, San Antonio, TX, and Hagerstown, MD. While the future of ICE’s detention warehouse model is unclear, ICE’s overall intention to have the ability to detain 100,000 people remains unchanged. Instead of relying on a carceral economy, people want elected leaders to champion projects that bring investment to support all families, including housing, education, and healthcare.

Support local organizing happening in the sites that still pose a risk of opening:
Surprise, AZ, follow: @nwvindivisible
Socorro, TX, follow: @aclutx @bordernetwork4humanrights @lasamericasimmigrantadvocacy @estrella_del_paso
San Antonio, TX, follow: @sa_stands
Hagerstown, MD, follow: @hagerstownrapidresponse @washingtoncountyindivisible

#communitiesnotcages #noICEwarehouses by @detentionwatch

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We are committed and resolute in our vision. We know where the power truly lies: with us – DWN members and people across the country uniting to protect one another no matter where someone came from or how they arrived in the United States. For Detention Watch Network, we believe every person has the right to move and live freely, in community and with their family, without fear of being separated from their loved ones or displaced from their home.

Instead of fighting over a piece of the pie, we can make the whole pie bigger—and our immigrant friends and neighbors, current and future, are part of that solution.

We are ready, no matter who is in the White House. #abolishdetention

📸 @1462images by @detentionwatch

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The stories we tell, the language we use, and the narratives we challenge all shape how people understand justice, dignity, and our collective responsibility to one another. #FreedomMessaging #EnvisionFreedom #ImmigrantJustice by @detentionwatch

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El sábado 10 de octubre, familias inmigrantes, organizadores de base, equipos de respuesta rápida, líderes comunitarios y aliados de todo Nueva Jersey se reunieron para la Asamblea Popular “ICE Out of New Jersey” (Fuera ICE de Nueva Jersey), marcando una victoria importante para un movimiento estatal creciente y unificado, decidido a confrontar las medidas de control migratorio y a construir un futuro libre de la presencia del ICE. “ICE Out of NJ” es una coalición de organizaciones locales de base dedicadas a la defensa de los derechos laborales y de los inmigrantes, que trabaja para poner fin a la colaboración entre las fuerzas del orden de Nueva Jersey y las autoridades federales de inmigración y, en última instancia, lograr la salida del ICE del estado. taken in New Jersey by @detentionwatch

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“They were victims, not abusers. That’s what they told police officers, attorneys, visitors and anyone else who would listen. It didn’t matter. The women were all taken to a sprawling immigration detention center in the woods of west Michigan and handed thin jumpsuits — red, to mark them as a high security risk.”

Read this essential piece from @propublica on the struggles of women who should never have been imprisoned at the North Lake Processing Center and their work to support each other, which underscores not only the need to shut down North Lake for good, but also the urgent need for concrete sanctuary policies that @cosechagr and @grrapidresponse have continued to demand in Kent County. The link to read is in our bio. by @detentionwatch

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🚨🚨 BREAKING: Congresswoman @repdeliaramirez introduces new legislation that would dismantle the Department of Homeland Security, abolish ICE, and create a new Department of Community Safety.

ICE and DHS have subjected communities to violent raids, family separation, detention, deportation, and murder. We cannot keep pouring resources into a system that inflicts harm on our communities.

It’s time to dismantle DHS and ICE and reimagine what public safety looks like. #MeltICE 🧊 by @detentionwatch

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Hunger strikers at the Folkston ICE Processing Center have now been on strike since last Tuesday, October 6th. At least 30 people are now facing two months in solitary confinement in retaliation. We MUST continue to amplify the demands of the strikers and demand their immediate release!

‼️TAKE ACTION FROM JAX THIS WEEK:

📢Planning Meeting for the Folkston Caravan
📆TOMORROW, October 14th, 6:30PM @lamichoacanataqueriayantojitos 9827 Beach Blvd.

🚘Solidarity with the Folkston Hunger Strikers! Caravan to Folkston
📆 Sunday, October 18th
📍Meet @ 3120 Edgewood Ave W at 11AM

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Los huelguistas de hambre del Centro de Detención de ICE en Folkston llevan en huelga desde el pasado martes, 6 de octubre. Al menos 30 personas se enfrentan ahora a dos meses de aislamiento como represalia. ¡DEBEMOS seguir difundiendo las reivindicaciones de los huelguistas y exigir su liberación inmediata!

📢Reunión de planificación para la caravana de Folkston
📆MAÑANA, 14 de octubre, a las 6:30PM en @lamichoacanataqueriayantojitos, 9827 Beach Blvd.

🚘¡Solidaridad con los huelguistas de hambre de Folkston! Caravana a Folkston
📆 domingo, 18 de octubre
📍Quedamos en el 3120 de Edgewood Ave W a las 11AM

#folkston #shutdownfipc #closethecamps #hungerstrike #legalizationforall by @detentionwatch

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People inside the Folkston D. Ray James ICE Processing Center have united across every race, nationality, and language to launch a hunger and labor strike in response to prolonged detention, silence by the courts, and inhumane conditions in the facility.

Please read, share, repost, and take action ✊

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Personas detenidas en el Folkston D. Ray James ICE Processing Center se han unido tras cada raza, nacionalidad, e idioma para lanzar una huelga de hambre y trabajo en respuesta a la detención prolongada, silencio por parte de las cortes, y las condiciones inhumanas en la prisión.

Por favor lean, compartan, publiquen y tomen acción. ✊ by @detentionwatch

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‼️Advocates sent a letter to ICE condemning retaliation against hunger strikers‼️ Over 500 people detained inside Folkston are estimated to be on hunger strike, and ICE and GEO Group are retaliating against them! At least 30 people have been placed in solitary confinement, people’s phone and tablet access inside has been cut off, outside advocates have had messaging access terminated, and ICE has transferred one of the lead hunger strike organizers, Idris Makhmudov of Russia, to the Alexandria detention center, suggesting his deportation may be imminent. ICE RETALIATION IS A VIOLATION OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT. We demand that ICE release people from solitary confinement immediately! SHUT DOWN FOLKSTON AND ALL DETENTION CENTERS! ABOLISH ICE! by @detentionwatch

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Southeast Advocacy Manager Tania Wolf has an op-ed in @thelensnola on the planned ICE facility in Alexandria, Louisiana. In the piece, she addresses the Commissioners of the Board of the England Airpark Economic and Industrial Development District and calls on them to find the courage to terminate the contract for this new detention center that will hold women and children. (The full op-ed is at thelensnola.org.)⁠
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🚨You can take action, too, to help stop this facility from opening. Visit the link in bio to send a letter to your members of Congress telling them: No Detention Expansion in Alexandria, Louisiana! by @detentionwatch

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‼️URGENT FOLKSTON HUNGER STRIKE UPDATE

🔗 Visit linktr.ee/jaximmigrantrights or click the link in bio for more resources on Folkston ICE Processing Center

At least 500 people are now on strike and ICE is retaliating with sleep deprivation, solitary confinement, abusive treatment, and medical neglect!

📢Amplify hunger strikers demands:
- Immediate release
- Due process
- End abusive treatment

#legalizationforall #shutdownfipc #freethemall #iceout #closethecamps by @detentionwatch

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