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A national coalition building power through collective advocacy, grassroots organizing, & strategic communications to abolish immigration detention in the U.S. #FreeThemAll #AbolishDetention

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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 5m
30 years ago, Congress passed #AEDPA and #IIRIRA, shifting immigration policy toward detention as the default, not the exception. In 1995, fewer than 7,500 people were detained daily. Today, that number is nearly 70,000. That growth didn’t happen by accident. truthout.org/articles/cli...
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Clinton-Era Laws Passed 30 Years Ago Enabled Trump’s Anti-Immigrant Agenda.
Clinton’s ‘96 laws provided the legal foundation for mass detention, rapid deportations, and the evasion of due process.
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 23h
Join our team! We are hiring a senor organizer or organizing manager in the Northeast, learn more: www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/about/jobs-o...
Black and orange graphic: Join our team! Detention Watch Network is looking for a Senior Organizer or Organizing Manager that will help build the power of the Network and our members by providing key support to the development and implementation of campaign strategies and growing DWN’s capacity to support local, regional and national efforts challenging detention. The Senior Organizer or Organizing Manager will work with members and DWN staff to draft and implement statewide, regional and national campaigns; engage in public education and training, outreach and ally-building activities; and coordinate key membership calls and events. 

📍Preferred Location: Northeastern United States (CT, ME, MA, NH, RI, VT, NJ, NY,
PA, DE, MD, VA, West VA, DMV) Remote 

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, with priority given to applications received by October 21, 2026.
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 29/09/2026
ICYMI: ICE is preparing to open a new child & family detention center in Louisiana at the England Airpark adjacent to the Alexandria International Airport, notoriously known as ICE’s busiest mass deportation hub. ✒️Tell Congress to stop this facility before it opens! bit.ly/nofamilydetentionLA
Blue graphic with deportation flights in the background. Text reads: Take action: Stop ICE from opening a detention center for kids and families in Louisiana.
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 09/09/2026
We joined immigrant rights, faith, civil rights, and community organizations Tuesday evening outside the federal courthouse in Jacksonville , FL to denounce the inhumane conditions facing people detained at Florida’s “Deportation Depot. #ShutDownBaker
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Advocacy groups say detainees at Baker Correctional Institution are living in inhumane conditions
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 03/09/2026
Thank you @frost.house.gov for introducing this bill! The Trump administration’s efforts to criminalize and detain people without homes is a clear attempt to vilify homeless people and enrich private prison companies and tech surveillance organizations, just like with our immigrant communities.
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Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 01/09/2026
Today, we received notice of another death in ICE detention. We also learned that a 20-year-old Haitian immigrant, Pierre Damas Bel, took his own life in Springfield, Ohio, after the Trump Administration ended TPS for Haitians and fitted him with an ankle monitor.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
This is why you can't have healthcare. www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigratio…
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ICE plans to buy robot ‘dogs’ for some immigration enforcement operations
The doglike robots are equipped with cameras and sensors that can detect chemicals and would be used in situations that
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 01/09/2026
The Trump regime is attempting to normalize detaining people in other countries through third-country deportations as a new & model of incarceration and deportation. This violence is an extension of the admin’s mass detention & deportation agenda, where ICE subjects people to horrific abuse daily.
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Violent third-country deportations are an extension of Trump’s mass detention and deportation agenda
Nationwide - In response to reports of abuse and horrendous conditions during ICE’s third country deportations, Stacy Suh, Program Director of Detention Watch Network issued the following statement:
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 26/08/2026
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 25/08/2026
Over 20,000 children could be left to navigate one of the world's most complex legal systems alone — against trained government attorneys, in a language they may not speak. Tell Congress to protect #UnaccompaniedChildren ➡️ tinyurl.com/protect-kids
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Restore Legal Services for Unaccompanied Children
This week, the government froze legal services for unaccompanied children, leaving over 26,000 children without access to their legal counsel. This strands children, some as young as toddlers, without...
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 24/08/2026
🚨A new detention facility for unaccompanied children & families in Alexandria, #Louisiana in the former military barracks adjacent to the Alexandria Intl Airport is proposed to open soon - we still have time to stop it! The airport is already notorious as ICE’s busiest hub for mass deportations.
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 11/08/2026
As early as this month, ICE may open a new detention facility for unaccompanied children and families in Alexandria, Louisiana, in the former military barracks adjacent to the Alexandria International Airport, notorious as ICE’s busiest mass deportation hub. ACT NOW: bit.ly/nofamilydetentionLA
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aemarling.bsky.social @aemarling.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Want to show up for immigrant and human rights? One way is to join with @detentionwatchnetwork.org. Feel free to suggest more with replies. #AbolishICE #MeltICE #LorenzoSalgadoAraujo
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 06/08/2026
54 people have died in ICE custody under the current Trump admin. The alarming death toll underscores that ICE’s mass detention & deportation system is plagued by poor conditions, a lack of accountability & a culture of violence and secrecy that results in system-wide abuses, including death.
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 06/08/2026
We are devastated and outraged to hear about Mr. Priciliano Trejo's death. He deserved to be with his loved ones while fighting for his life with leukemia. He deserved proper medical attention & specialist care, not to be caged in a deadly ICE detention center plagued with abuse and medical neglect.
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The Deaths ICE Doesn’t Count
Prisciliano Trejo Ricano passed away in the hospital days after being released from detention.
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Hagerstown Rapid Response @hagerstownrapidresponse.com · 05/08/2026
An important video to watch by our friend Setareh Ghandehari, Advocacy Director at @detentionwatchnetwork.org www.instagram.com/reel/DboPbj5... #NoKingsNoCamps
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@end_theiceage on Instagram: "📢Here is the latest news on the Trump admin’s cruel ICE detention expansion plan from Setareh, DWN’s advocacy director. People in immigration detention are describing it...
39 likes, 1 comments - end_theiceage on August 4, 2026: "📢Here is the latest news on the Trump admin’s cruel ICE detention expansion plan from Setareh, DWN’s advocacy director. People in immigration ...
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 23/07/2026
ICE kills people, tears families apart, and threatens community safety wherever they go. No one is safe when ICE is present – whether on the streets or in one of the agency’s more than 200 abuse-ridden detention facilities.
Blue graphic with an ice cube in the background. Text reads: ICE out of Communities
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 23/07/2026
Local communities are making it clear from coast to coast – they don’t want detention centers or warehouse detention. And they are winning! We demand an end to Trump’s cruel mass detention expansion and that detention facilities be shut down for good. www.inquirer.com/politics/pen...
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ICE formally withdraws plans to build two Pennsylvania detention centers, Gov. Josh Shapiro says
The decision, which comes amid opposition from the state and from local communities, means the end of efforts to convert warehouses in Berks and Schuylkill Counties.
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National Immigration Law Center @nilc.org · 20/07/2026
Last month, a U.S. senator warned that the Trump administration planned to deport 500 unaccompanied children. This month, reporting shows it has plans to relocate tens of thousands of unaccompanied kids to Texas. The Trump administration is attacking immigrant children on all fronts.🧵⤵️
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Silky Shah @silkys13.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
New interview I did with Amna Akbar in @jewishcurrents.bsky.social was just published. It's a bit of a synthesis on the how we got here and the current conditions on immigration. Always great to be in convo w/Amna & wonderful to work w/Aparna Gopalan at JC on this. jewishcurrents.org/unbuild-the-...
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Unbuild the Cages
Silky Shah maps the vulnerabilities of the deportation machine.
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 21/07/2026
No one is safe when ICE is present - whether on the streets or in one of the agency’s more than 200 abuse-ridden detention facilities. @detentionwatchnetwork.org @the-ilrc.bsky.social @immdefenseproject.bsky.social are launching a new campaign: End the ICE Age. 🧊💥
blue background, text: "end the ice age - shut down detention centers, ice out of communities, redirect ICE funding"
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Kyle Clark @kylec.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
NEW: Aurora Police say an ICE detention center employee shot a protester last night. She is expected to survive. 42-year-old Brandon Booth, who works for the ICE contractor GEO Group, is being held on suspicion of attempted second degree murder and other charges.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal @jayapal.house.gov · 15/07/2026
This morning, I was notified of another death in ICE custody. This is the 53th death on ICE’s watch during Trump’s second term. We must continue to fight for accountability for everyone who has lost a loved one. And it’s time to end the use of all for-profit detention centers.
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 13/07/2026
We are deeply saddened and equally enraged by the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and now, the reported death of a 26-year-old in Maine at the hands of ICE just today, both deaths occurring within a week of each other.
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 25/06/2026
Today, the right wing Justices on the Supreme Court doubled down on Trump’s cruel and racist anti-immigrant agenda with two decisions that will put countless people at risk of detention and deportation.
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 25/06/2026
Join us to take action now to demand that Congress stop providing funds to ICE and Border Patrol!  🔗 Send a letter today: bit.ly/nofunds27  👥 Tag your congress member below
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Silky Shah @silkys13.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
@detentionwatchnetwork.org is continuing to work with local communities to fight the warehouses (toolkit here: bit.ly/noicewarehouse) and stop expansion of detention in more traditional facilities such as former prisons. Despite the billions in funding, there is a lot we can still do to stop them.
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Silky Shah @silkys13.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
In Surprise, AZ where ICE is still moving ahead with plans despite the a lawsuit filed by the AG, local residents are trying to disincorporate the city in order to block the warehouse: azmirror.com/2026/06/17/f...
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Frustrated by inaction on ICE warehouse, activists move to dissolve Surprise altogether
Surprise ICE warehouse facility opposition fuels a petition to disincorporate the Arizona city entirely, but it's a big challenge to do so
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Silky Shah @silkys13.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
In Texas, ICE is repackaging the plan for the warehouse in Socorro for offices, training space and some detention. The scale might be reduced but they are moving ahead: www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/i...
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ICE changing plans for Socorro warehouses, U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar says
U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar said that ICE is no longer looking to use three warehouses in Socorro, Texas to hold 8,500 people.
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Silky Shah @silkys13.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
This is an incredible victory for the local communities, researchers, litigators, and longstanding anti-detention organizers in these states that have been working tirelessly to stop these sites from going online. But warehouse expansion continues in AZ, TX, and elsewhere. The fight is far from over
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 17/06/2026
We are hiring a Research Manager or Sr Research Manager at DWN! This role will play a critical role in advancing DWN’s mission to end immigration detention through research, data and policy analysis, writing, strategy development, and coalition building. www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/about/jobs-o...
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 08/06/2026
Tell Congress NO MORE MONEY  for ICE and Border Patrol!  🔗 Send a letter today: bit.ly/nomoney4ice
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 04/06/2026
‼️ UPDATE: House releases plans for $30 billion more for mass detention and deportations as the SENATE votes TODAY on an additional $70 billion for ICE and Border Patrol. Tell them NO MORE MONEY! 🔗 Send a letter today: bit.ly/nomoney4ice
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 04/06/2026
‼️UPDATE: The House released plans for $30 billion more for mass detention and deportations as the Senate votes today on an additional $70 billion for ICE and Border Patrol. Tell them NO MORE MONEY! 🔗 Send a letter today: bit.ly/nomoney4ice
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Tell Congress: No Money for ICE and CBP
Tell Congress: No Money for ICE and CBP We need you to take action NOW! For the last couple of months, Members of Congress have stood firm against funding for ICE and CBP thanks to constant pressur...
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 03/06/2026
‼️This week, Members of Congress plan to give ICE and Border Patrol $140 billion through the reconciliation process. Tell them NO MORE MONEY! 🔗 Send a letter today: bit.ly/nomoney4ice
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Tell Congress: No Money for ICE and CBP
Tell Congress: No Money for ICE and CBP We need you to take action NOW! For the last couple of months, Members of Congress have stood firm against funding for ICE and CBP thanks to constant pressur...
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 03/06/2026
We stand with the brave people detained at Delaney Hall, currently leading a hunger and labor strike. Read excerpts from the fourth public letter from the strikers here. ✉️Read the letter: lahuelga.com/freedom.
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"We Demand Freedom": A Fourth Letter from Delaney Hall
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nationalnonprofits.bsky.social @nationalnonprofits.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
✧ New Job Post! ✧ {Remote- select states} | SENIOR ORGANIZER or ORGANIZING MANAGER | @detentionwatchnetwork.org Limited-term position. Salary range posted. Apply by June 2, 2026. bit.ly/4fxyMOz #dcjobs
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Senior Organizer or Organizing Manager at Detention Watch Network in Washington D.C., DC, USA | NationalNonprofits.org - Nonprofit Job Board
DWN is looking for a Senior Organizer or Organizing Manager that will help build the power of the Network and our members by providing key support to the development and implementation of campaign…
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 20/05/2026
‼️ACT NOW: Congress is planning to vote as early as today 5/20 on yet another reconciliation bill that would hand the current administration an additional $70 billion to carry out its mass detention and deportation agenda. Tell Congress - NO money for ICE and CBP! bit.ly/nomoney4ice
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Tell Congress: No Money for ICE and CBP
Tell Congress: No Money for ICE and CBP We need you to take action NOW! For the last couple of months, Members of Congress have stood firm against funding for ICE and CBP thanks to constant pressur...
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Jamila • جميلة Hammami 🧿 @jamilahammami.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Take Urgent Action Now! Join me in writing an @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter from @detentionwatchnetwork.org: Tell Congress: No Money for ICE and CBP! Write one here:
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Tell Congress: No Money for ICE and CBP
Tell Congress: No Money for ICE and CBP We need you to take action NOW! For the last couple of months, Members of Congress have stood firm against funding for ICE and CBP thanks to constant pressur...
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 06/05/2026
DWN is looking for a Senior Organizer or Organizing Manager who will help build the power of the Network & our members by providing key support to the development & implementation of campaign strategies and growing DWN’s capacity to support local, regional, & national efforts challenging detention.
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Jobs and Opportunities
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Institute for Policy Studies @ips-dc.org · 15/04/2026
If you paid taxes for 2025, you likely paid: $124 — school lunch & nutrition programs $49 — diplomacy to prevent wars $19 — USPS $19 — Federal Aviation Administration $18 — national parks and $4,049 — weapons and war. These priorities are hurting us all. We need change. #TaxDay
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 05/05/2026
We are deeply saddened and equally enraged that a shocking 18 people have died in ICE custody this calendar year and 49 deaths total under this administration. No one is safe when ICE is present, whether on the streets or in one of the agency’s more than 200 abuse-ridden detention facilities.
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 01/05/2026
Today the House ended the DHS shutdown by passing the Senate approved FY 2026 DHS funding bill that zeroes out funding for ICE and other parts of the mass detention and deportation machine. This is a testament to the power of everyday people to create change!
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Interrupting Criminalization @interruptcrim.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Happy #MayDay! We at IC are in solidarity with @criticalresistance.bsky.social, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, @detentionwatchnetwork.org, and many other groups in demanding that ICE be abolished. Scroll through these graphics to see just what we mean! #NoICE #StopICE #AbolishICE (1/2)
This May Day, groups are mobilizing around demands to abolish ICE—but what does that mean?No ICE means...Not one more dollar for ICE, Border Patrol, or Homeland Security.  And repeal the billions they were given last summer!No ICE means...No more hiring sprees for ICE, Border Patrol, or Homeland Security—   AND no more collaboration with other agencies for immigration enforcement!No ICE means...No more immigration detention facilities, warehouses, or holding cells—AND closing existing detention facilities—including Dilley!
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Indivisible Chicago Alliance ❌👑 @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Today, we stood in solidarity with ARISE Chicago for the Stop ICE Warehouse Detention National Day of Action. We join partners nationwide to demand: ✊Stop the warehouse detention plan. ✊No public funding or local resources for detention expansion. and MORE. Join us to demand: communities, not cages!
Large group of people pose in a large meeting room. They are wearing t-shirts emblazoned with monarch butterflies and holding enormous signs saying Stop ICE detention.
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ARX⚡️501 @50501arkansas.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
4/25 | LR & Hot Springs | NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION - HAPPENING NOW TILL 4PM LR... 🛑 STOP ICE WAREHOUSE DETENTION 📍 8801 Geyer Springs Rd, Little Rock ⏰️ till 4pm Hosted by: La Voz Del Pueblo 📍 101 Reserve St. | 5pm, Hot Springs Hosted by: Hot Springs Rising #ARX501
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Singing Resistance Tucson @srtucson.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Singing Resistance Tucson got the crowd singing along this morning for the Communities Not Cages protest in front of Juan Ciscomani’s office on Pima & Swan. You gotta put one foot in front of the other and lead with love!
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Rachel Poliner @rachelpoliner.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Democracy needs due process, not autocrats seizing people. Great crowd today. Multiple people reported they’ve begun process of switching banks. @detentionwatchnetwork.org
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artiobishop.bsky.social @artiobishop.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
About 50 folks came out in Anchorage today in solidarity with communities fighting against ICE detention camps. @indivisible.org @detentionwatchnetwork.org @maddow.bsky.social #CommunitiesNotCages #ICEOut #NoTrumpConcentrationCamps #Anchorage
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artiobishop.bsky.social @artiobishop.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
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