LOS ANGELES — Marking the 30th anniversary of two laws that dramatically expanded the mass immigrant detention and deportation machine and continue to serve as the main tools behind Trump’s racist, anti-immigrant agenda, Laura Hernández, executive director of Freedom for Immigrants (FFI), today released a new op-ed in Truthout which outlines the tangible steps advocates must take to confront criminalization and build a future in which all people can thrive.
FFI: ICE’s Horrifying Mass Disappearance Policy is an Alarming Escalation of Long-Standing Practice
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following the government’s new policy of concealing the whereabouts of thousands of immigrants who are subject to final deportation orders, which reflects an expansion of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) long-standing practice of disappearing people through its immigration detention system, Laura Hernández, executive director of Freedom for Immigrants, released the following statement.
FFI Mourns Lives Killed at the Hands of ICE, Demands Release of Immigrants Amid Spike in Arrests and Detentions
FFI Demands Citizenship for TPS Holders and Opening of Asylum to All Following SCOTUS Rulings
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following a series of Supreme Court rulings that affirm birthright citizenship but allow the Trump administration to terminate TPS (Temporary Protected Status) for Haitians and Syrians and deny migrants their right to seek asylum, Laura Hernández, executive director of Freedom for Immigrants, issued the following statement.
‘ICE detention is as bad as it sounds. I’ve been living it for 2 years’: New Op-ed by Brady Tillett Exposes ICE and CoreCivic, Calls for Freedom, Fairness, and Human Dignity
LOS ANGELES — Brady Tillett, an asylum seeker and community leader detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the California City Detention Facility in Kern County, today released a new op-ed published in The Los Angeles Times, exposing ICE’s inhumane treatment and calling for an overhaul to the corrupt and profit-driven U.S. immigration system.
Congress Expands ICE and CBP’s Reign of Terror, Trampling Over Families and Real Needs
WASHINGTON — Trump today signed a bill to fund Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) through the end of his term, adding roughly $70 billion to these deadly agencies on top of the staggering $170 billion already allotted for immigration enforcement last year. Following passage of the bill, Laura Hernández, executive director of Freedom for Immigrants, issued the following statement.
FFI Mourns Lives Lost in Detention: Amid Record-Breaking Rate of Tragedies, We Must Free Them All
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Laura Hernández, executive director of Freedom for Immigrants (FFI), today issued the following statement in response to the record-breaking number of deaths occurring in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention nationwide. Up to this point in 2026, there has been an average of one in-custody death per week, while the number of deaths has reached an all-time high this fiscal year.
New Map Tracks Immigration Detention Nationwide Alongside Available Resources, Organizing Tools
MEMPHIS, TN — Freedom for Immigrants (FFI) today launched a new interactive map tracking Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention nationwide in order to better support the movement to abolish detention and directly aid the families and loved ones of detained community members.