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.
Jail-to-ICE Transfers Are Unjust: Minnesota Must Hold the Line
MINNEAPOLIS — Following reports that the federal government is pressuring Minnesota officials to expand local jail cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials in order to transfer community members to ICE custody to more easily deport people, Laura Hernández, executive director of Freedom for Immigrants, issued the following statement.
FFI Mourns Those Killed in Latest String of Deadly ICE Terror
LOS ANGELES — Following the deaths of Keith Porter, a Black man who was killed in Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve by an off-duty Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent, and Renee Nicole Good, a legal observer who was killed yesterday in Minneapolis in broad daylight by an ICE agent caught on camera, Laura Hernández, executive director of Freedom for Immigrants, issued the following statement.
Groups Demand Rep. Don Beyer Call for Shut Down of Abusive Detention Center
ARLINGTON, Va. — 25 groups across Virginia and the country are calling on Democratic Rep. Don Beyer to declare his support for the immediate closure of the Farmville Detention Center (Farmville), a privately owned and operated Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility infamous for its dark history of premature death and persistent medical neglect, intolerable living conditions, and human rights abuses.