About Us

Freedom for Immigrants is an immigrant-led, abolitionist organization committed to ending immigration incarceration. We organize alongside leaders directly impacted by immigration detention, their families, and communities across the country to advance our liberatory vision of abolition. Our work is guided by the wisdom of those who have experienced detention firsthand. We believe these leaders are the heart of our movement and the true experts in our fight for collective liberation. 

Through organizing, strategic communications and storytelling, and other forms of advocacy, we fight to free people from detention and shut down deadly detention centers while also working long-term to structurally realign our societal priorities away from criminalization, detention, and deportation and toward non-punitive, humane, and welcoming policies.

Informed by Black abolitionist visionaries who have paved the way before us, we understand immigration detention as one thread in the broader web of mass incarceration and the criminalization of Black and brown people. We fight for everyone — regardless of prior contact with the legal system or criminal record — as we practice community care and build popular support among the public for our vision.