There are 1,181 people in ICE detention with active COVID cases under isolation or monitoring. That's a terrifying increase from around 400 when Biden took office (thread 1/10) 
Numbers of people detained by ICE have gone up. They were as as low as 13,890 at the end of Feb, now more than 15,000 people are detained in ICE jails & facilities across the country (2/10)
More than 160 orgs have called on White House, DHS to Implement a meaningful case review process for 14,000 people at risk in ICE detention (3/10) immigrantjustice.org/press-releases…
Still, people inside ICE detention suffer from deadly medical neglect. @NIJC filed a CRCL complaint on behalf of people in detention in Illinois, including William who is facing facing amputation of his leg which he's terrified to do in ICE custody (4/10) wbez.org/stories/immigr…
ICE detention incentivizes incarceration for maximum profits. Congress gave ICE nearly $3 billion for FY21 for more than 200 detention centers. In this system, private prison companies enrich themselves while local governments pad shrinking budgets (5/10) immigrantjustice.org/research-items…
Biden signed an EO to phase out private prisons, but has nothing to address private ICE detention. Extending the order to include DHS should be the next step in phasing out immigration detention all together @DetentionWatch (6/10) detentionwatchnetwork.org/sites/default/…
The ICE detention system is racist, deadly, completely unnecessary. ICE also wastes millions a day on unused bed space, and uses shady contract schemes that bypass procurement laws to expand the system (7/10) law360.com/articles/13550…
Communities have pushed state legislators to take action to end ICE detention in their communities. Washington State passed a bill that will end private detention, to shut down the notorious 1,575-bed jail operated by the GEO Group @ResistenciaNW (8/10) apnews.com/article/legisl…
Maryland passed a bill to end detention in the state. These successful efforts are a testament to organizing power, from directly impacted folks, their loved ones, & community groups fighting against ICE brutality (9/10) marylandmatters.org/2021/04/13/leg…
Join the #CommunitiesNotCages campaign to support efforts to shut down ICE detention centers, stop the expansion & construction of new facilities and ultimately abolish the detention system in its entirety #FirstTen (10/10) @DetentionWatch
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