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.

WASHINGTON, DC — Today, the Senate Committee on Appropriations released the proposed spending bill for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for fiscal year 2023, allocating billions of taxpayer dollars to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

BAKER COUNTY, FL — 15 people either currently or formerly detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at the Baker County Detention Center (Baker) today filed a federal civil rights complaint, calling for releases, an immediate closure of the detention facility and an investigation amid ongoing and rampant human rights abuses including excessive use of force, racism and retaliation.

MIAMI — Following news that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) declined to extend its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention contract with Glades County, the Shut Down Glades Coalition celebrates the following five wins achieved by sustained pressure over the past year and a half in its fight to close Glades County Detention Center: