OAKLAND, Calif. — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) weaponizes inter-detention transfers of people in its custody as a harsh form of retaliation, torture and labor trafficking, and as a means to pad the agency’s budget, according to a new report released today by Freedom for Immigrants (FFI) that visualizes thousands of ICE Air flight routes. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden failed to mention his administration’s growing reliance on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention and doubled down on failed migration deterrence policies in his State of the Union address tonight.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden today announced plans to expand his administration’s use of Title 42, a move that will bar more immigrants from Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua from seeking their right to asylum at the U.S. border. The Supreme Court's decision on Title 42 last week did not direct the Biden administration to apply the Title 42 expulsions to more people. 

BERKS COUNTY, Pa. — Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) informed Berks County, Pennsylvania, officials yesterday that the agency will be ending its immigration detention contract with the county on January 31, 2023. Advocates and formerly detained immigrants offered the following statements in reaction to the news.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, 114 immigrant and human rights groups delivered a letter to the White House urging the Biden administration to immediately close Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention centers, prevent the development of new detention sites or expansion of existing ones, and cut funding for immigration detention from Congress.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Immigrants rights advocates from 140 organizations today delivered a letter to President Joe Biden demanding his administration fully reinstate social visitation at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities. More than 40 ICE detention facilities currently restrict or block families’ and communities’ access to visitation, despite ICE announcing its plans to reinstate social visitation in May 2022.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Black migrants are subject to abuse and a disturbing pattern of racism, violence and harm at disproportionately higher incidence than non-Black migrants while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to a groundbreaking report released today by Black-led and immigrants rights organizations.

Washington, D.C.—Today, September 12th, over a hundred immigrant rights advocates from across the country are heading to Capitol Hill for a National Day of Advocacy, demanding members of Congress cut funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in upcoming budget negotiations. Communities with the Defund Hate Campaign are meeting with over 40 congressional offices virtually, in their home districts, and D.C. with a simple demand: divest from abusive, deadly, anti-Black and brown immigration enforcement agencies and redirect billions of dollars to the well-being of all communities.