The United States has long provided a home for immigrants and people seeking safety. The mass detention of immigrants – including families and kids – is antithetical to our laws and values. I do not want my taxpayer dollars wasted on this inhumane, immoral, and unneeded ICE detention system. That’s why I’m calling on you as my representative to conduct rigorous oversight into ICE facilities, including conducting in-person visits to facilities in our state and district, and demanding accountability against all ICE detention abuses.
Under the Trump administration and with the recent passage of the reconciliation bill, ICE’s budget has skyrocketed to fuel the most extreme expansion of immigration detention in history. More than 60,000 immigrants are detained across the country, in facilities that range from tent camps on military bases to big private prisons – where abuse, medical neglect, and complete disregard for the dignity of people in its custody are commonplace.
ICE plans to expand detention to a staggering capacity of at least 100,000 people on any given day, in more than 100 detention sites nationwide, despite strong opposition from Americans across the country and members of Congress.
Building tent camps for immigrants and deploying masked deportation squads to terrify our neighbors and loved ones are part of President Trump and Stephen Miller’s draconian mass detention and deportation agenda. The bottom line is that this system is fundamentally inhumane, unnecessarily costly, and continues to put lives at risk: Please conduct oversight and demand accountability against ICE’s cruel, abusive mass detention machine now.
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