The recent developments regarding forced sterilizations in @ICEGov detention are horrific—but they aren’t isolated. Here is a list of atrocities @DHSGov has committed in just the last few months. THREAD:
ICE’s management of COVID-19 in their detention centers has been disastrous. With insufficient testing, minimal sanitary supplies, and virtually no ability to distance the people in detention, these centers have been “on fire” with COVID-19. 2/
While continuing to tear families apart, @ICEGov has also been caging kids in hotels for months. The agents left to “care” for these children have NOT been background checked, and the children are being denied legal representation. 3/
Judge Gee ordered the release of children in ICE custody, demanding that they be released in mid-July. ICE still has made no move to #FreeTheFamilies. 4/
Meanwhile, under @DHS_Wolf’s watch, DHS committed gross violations of protestors’ rights in Portland, kidnapping people off the streets using federal troops. 5/
At the same time, DHS officials have been working tirelessly to dismantle DACA, despite the Supreme Court ruling protecting Dreamers and blocking Trump’s last attempt to end the critical program. 6/
We also now know that @DHS_Wolf and @HomelandKen have been serving in office unlawfully. While all of this was happening under their watch, they weren’t even lawfully serving in their positions. 7/
This is a pattern of abuse. And the recent reports of forced sterilizations in ICE detention centers make one thing clear: with ICE, the cruelty is the point. That’s why we’re fighting to hold ICE accountable.
President Biden just announced his plans to reopen Homestead — a jail for migrant children with a notorious history of abuse. The broken promises of the Biden administration are piling up. THREAD: wapo.st/3upDNPq
Homestead is a child migrant detention center run by a for-profit corporation — infamous for its history of abuse, neglect, overcrowding, and more. 2/
Detaining children is unacceptable — no matter who is in office. The conditions in these jails are inhumane and dangerous. Worst of all, locking more children up will separate them from their families yet again. 3/
.@ICEgov deported Black immigrants and put them in life-threatening situations on the first day of #BlackHistoryMonth THREAD:
As soon as a Trump-appointed judge temporarily suspended Biden’s plan to halt deportations for 100 days, @ICEgov wasted no time going back to their racist, cruel, anti-immigrant ways. 2/
Not only do deportations separate families and leave everyone involved traumatized — they’re a sure way to continue the spread of #COVID19. @ICEgov is willingly exporting this virus to countries that often lack the infrastructure to properly handle the spread of infection. 3/
.@POTUS just signed an executive order to phase out federal use of private prisons. While this is a step in the right direction, this does NOT include facilities run by ICE or DHS.
THREAD TW: Abuse
GEO Group and CoreCivic receive MILLIONS of dollars every year from ICE to house immigrants in their facilities. It’s no surprise that these two corporations had close ties with the Trump Administration. thehill.com/opinion/immigr…
People seeking safety in this country are being held in inhumane conditions while private prisons have profited from their pain. Physical and sexual assault, rape, especially of LGBTQ+ detainees, are reportedly common these prisons. newsobserver.com/opinion/op-ed/…
Trump just nominated DOJ official Iris Lan to a lifetime position as a federal judge in southern NY—one of the most powerful district courts in the country. In 2017, she helped remove a prosecutor who opposed Trump’s family separation policy. THREAD:
In 2017, DOJ prosecutor Joshua Stern told colleagues he was “disturbed” by the Trump administration’s separation of children from their parents. He also raised concerns that some children couldn’t be located after being separated from their parents. Iris Lan had him fired. 2/
The Department of Justice has not received much scrutiny for its role in enabling family separation compared to DHS and HHS. But in reality, it was the DOJ helped implement the policy which would break families apart. 3/
We are receiving reports that conditions have rapidly deteriorated in the Lasalle & Jackson Parish Family Jails after Hurricane Laura. Families are trapped in flooded cells with no electricity or ventilation — prison officials are saying this could last for two weeks. THREAD.
Some of the reports have stated that there is sewage in the flood water that is up to people’s ankles. Without ventilation, it is oppressively hot in these cells, and it is putting people at risk of contracting COVID-19 or getting heatstroke. 2/
These conditions are deplorable. The fact that ICE has let things get this bad shows that they do not care about the wellbeing of families in their care. We are calling for these camps to be closed and the families to be freed so they can be safe. #FreeTheFamilies. 3/
Today, the Supreme Court decided Trump wrongfully terminated DACA. We’re ecstatic by this win and won’t stop fighting for Dreamers. #HomeIsHere THREAD ⬇️
This decision is met at a time of tremendous pain for Black people, who know far too well the experience of their families and communities being torn apart due to systematic racism and white supremacy -- from criminalization, mass incarceration, detention, to deportation. 2/
The fight for justice for the undocumented community is deeply connected to the fight for justice for Black people. While this decision is a step in the right direction, more must be done to protect our communities. 3/