Thread by @huitzilin89

Biden has yet to address ICE’s detention system.

2020 was the deadliest fiscal yr in ICE custody since 2005. W/ detention #'s currently at their lowest in 20 yrs, #FirstTen to #CommunitiesNotCages underscores the urgent need to close detention centers & release people now

#FirstTen to #CommunitiesNotCages is demanding the shut down of 10 detention centers in Biden's 1st year. #FirstTen is the next phase of @detentionwatch’s #CommunitiesNotCages campaign to shut down ICE facilities, stop the expansion/construction of new ones and #EndDetention

The #FirstTen detention centers are emblematic of how the immigration detention system as a whole is inherently abusive, unjust and fatally flawed beyond repair. #CommunitiesNotCages

The Biden administration must shut down detention centers immediately and end detention contracts. The #FirstTen detention centers provide a roadmap of where to start. #CommunitiesNotCages

The Biden administration must SHUT DOWN the #FirstTen detention centers & cancel detention contracts!

🗣️Adelanto in CA
🗣️Berks in PA
🗣️Dilley in TX
🗣️Etowah in AL
🗣️Farmville in VA
🗣️Hutto in TX
🗣️Irwin in GA
🗣️Karnes in TX
🗣️Mesa Verde in CA
🗣️Otero in NM
#CommunitiesNotCages

#FirstTen includes all family detention centers which shows the cruelty of the detention system as a whole. We aren’t fooled by the Biden's rebranding of Dilley & Karnes as “short-term reception centers.” These facilities must be permanently closed. #CommunitiesNotCages

ICE’s immigration detention system does not need to exist and communities across the country and people currently detained are organizing to end it and build a better future. #FirstTen #CommunitiesNotCages