March 18, 2022Washington, DC — In response to a deeply troubling report issued today by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) that exposes egregious conditions at Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Torrance Co…
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85 immigrant and human rights groups call for investigation & demand private prison ban extend to ICE detention
February 9, 2022Washington, DC — Today American Immigration Lawyers Association, American Immigration Council, American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International USA, Detention Watch Network, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the …
Biden must close ICE detention centers without expanding the government’s surveillance dragnet
February 8, 2022Washington, DC — In response to Axios reporting that the Biden administration is planning an expanded home confinement and curfew pilot program, Silky Shah, Executive Director of Detention Watch Network issued the following statement:
One year later, Biden has failed to live up to his campaign promises and has dramatically increased immigration detention amid the COVID-19 pandemic
January 20, 2022Washington, DC — Today, the Biden administration marks one year in office. Detention Watch Network, along with other immigration advocates, are disappointed and frustrated that Biden broke his campaign promises to undo the criminalizati…
One Year into Biden Administration, 900 Faith Leaders, Religious and Immigrant Rights Groups Demand Biden Halt Inhumane Immigration Detention
January 19, 2022Washington, DC — Today, 900 spiritual leaders and multiple faith-based and immigrant rights groups delivered a letter to the White House urging the Biden administration to immediately halt all efforts to expand immigrant detention.
Detention Watch Network demands to see an official end to family detention that results in the permanent closure of detention facilities
December 16, 2021Washington, DC – In response to Axios reporting that the Biden administration will stop detaining undocumented families in detention centers, Silky Shah, Executive Director of Detention Watch Network issued the following statement:
Detention Watch Network blasts ICE’s intention, disclosed in private letter, to expand immigration detention
December 14, 2021Washington, DC — In December, Detention Watch Network received a letter from Tae D.