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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 · 29/09/2026
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 · 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 · 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 · 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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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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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 · 25/04/2026
TODAY, join one of the over 200 actions happening across the country denouncing ICE warehouse detention! Warehouse detention is a death sentence. No medical care. No lawyers. No visibility. Can't join an action? Sign our petition: bit.ly/NOicewarehouses www.mobilize.us/disappearedi...
National Day of Action April 25th. US mainland map with stars. Find an action near you: Bit.ly/actionmap25
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 01/04/2026
ICE wants to cage up to 10,000 people in industrial warehouses — spaces built for goods, not human beings. On April 25, we fight back! Host a #CommunitiesNotCages action in your city: bit.ly/nowarehousea... @indivisible.org @moveon.org @workerscircle.bsky.social @publiccitizen.bsky.social
Stop ICE warehouse detention -  National Day of Action, April 25th host an action, image with protest signs that read: no ice warehouse, not here not anywhere, shut down detention centers
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 12/03/2026
📆 Join DWN and partners on March 18th at 4pm PT / 7pm ET for an overview of the federal government’s plans to convert warehouses into immigration detention centers. We will share strategies communities are using to push back against these projects! 🔗 bit.ly/318detentionwarehousescall
Graphic with blue background: Title reads: "Movement Call: Resistance to Warehouses" 

Join us for an overview of the federal government’s plans to convert warehouses into immigration detention centers. The call will cover locations that have been purchased, facilities currently under consideration, and the potential impacts on surrounding communities. We will also share strategies that local advocates, community members, and public officials are using to push back against these projects and ways to can take action.  Date: 03/18/2026 Time: 4pm PT Register: bit.ly/318detentionwarehousecall
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 09/02/2026
Love is action. This Valentine’s Day and every day, DWN stands with immigrants and rejects the violence and dehumanization they face every day. Join us in taking action and demanding dignity for all. #ToImmigrantsWithLove #IStandWithImmigrants #NoICEFunding 🧡Take action: bit.ly/ACLUcallscript
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 06/02/2026
Join us for our second webinar with organizers from FL, KS, and CA on how they are resisting detention expansion to Abolish ICE!  📆Thursday, February 19th, 2026 at 13:00-14:30 PT/ 15:00-16:30 CT/ 16:00-17:30 ET 🔗Register here: bit.ly/RESISTANCE101
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 02/02/2026
After sending over 40,000 letters to Congress, the Senate heard your demands and voted to separate the DHS funding bill from other components of the original funding package, but it's not over! ✉️Send a letter here: bit.ly/noicefunding2 #Communitiesnotcages #abolishice #cuticefunding
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 29/01/2026
NEW REPORT: Exposes years of extensive environmental hazards and carceral violence at the Glades Detention Center in #Florida. Click to read: bit.ly/4rdMhFK @afsc-org.bsky.social @aclufl.bsky.social
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 28/01/2026
‼️URGENT: Call your Senators and urge them to vote NO on DHS funding bill! The Senate is expected to vote TOMORROW, 1/29. Call your Senators today: act.jewishvoiceforpeace.org/a/call-congr...
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 27/01/2026
Join our team! DWN is hiring an administrative associate. The Administrative Associate will provide administrative and logistical support across the organization, including providing executive support to the Senior Leadership Team. Learn more: www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/about/jobs-o...
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 21/01/2026
📅Join us TODAY on Wednesday 1/21 at 5 pm ET for the national community call to demand Congress cut funding for ICE! @humanrightsfirst.org @nilc.org @immigrantjustice.bsky.social @publiccitizen.bsky.social @amnesty.org Register here: bit.ly/nofunds4ice
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 20/11/2025
📣 Since September, hundreds of Chicagoans have been taken by ICE without cause. Now, we have the opportunity to bring them home. Judge granted hundreds of $1,500 bonds! Donate now to support their release! @ocadchicago.bsky.social @immigrantjustice.bsky.social secure.givelively.org/donate/midwe...
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 27/10/2025
Save the date November 1-2! Join DWN, our members and partners across the country in honoring lives lost to immigration detention. Immigration detention is deadly and inherently inhumane. #DeadlyDetention @ndlon.bsky.social 🔗Go to www.disappearedinamerica.us to host and action or vigil.
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 07/10/2025
We’re enraged and heartbroken by the rising deaths in ICE custody. Huabing Xie, from China, died Sept 29 after being held at Imperial Regional Detention Facility. At least 20 people have died since Trump took office as he moves to triple ICE detention by the end of this year. #CommunitiesNotCages
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 01/10/2025
💻WEBINAR 10/7: From El Salvador to the US: Resisting mass detention and right-wing authoritarianism. The transfers of immigrants to offshore detention in El Salvador brought increased awareness of the torture and abuse in El Salvador's CECOT mega-prison. Now what? 🔗REGISTER: bit.ly/cncoct7
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 04/09/2025
📣We need all hands-on deck to protect our communities! Calling all content creators who want to use their platform to support and uplift immigrant communities, join us! 9/18 at 3pm PT @the-ilrc.bsky.social @conmijente.bsky.social @immjustice.bsky.social 🔗RSVP here: Bit.ly/content-creator-meetup
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 23/07/2025
Tomorrow! Join us for the Abolish ICE & Beyond! webinar from 2:00-3:30pm PT / 4:00-5:30pm CT / 5:00-6:30pm ET. Our communities are resisting and coming together to demand Abolish ICE! Register now: bit.ly/beyondabolis...
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 16/07/2025
Today, we’re relaunching the #CommunitiesNotCages campaign and renewing the call to shut down ICE detention centers and stop the expansion and construction of new facilities.
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 01/07/2025
We extend our condolences to the loved ones of Johnny Noviello, 49 who died in ICE custody in Florida on June 23 and Isidro Pérez, 75, who died in ICE custody on June 26. People’s lives are in jeopardy in ICE custody – full stop.
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 26/06/2025
Read our latest statement in partnership with the Florida Detention Coalition on the demand to stop "Alligator Alcatraz:" bit.ly/4enEznq
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 17/06/2025
Join us for the next installment in our political education series to learn how communities in NJ, CA, & KS are fighting against detention contracts locally & nationally through the #CommunitiesNotCages campaign. 🔗Register here bit.ly/dismantle626
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 12/06/2025
Jesus Molina-Veya's death is a tragedy. In detention people are subjected to isolation, uncertainty, & abysmal conditions, including inadequate medical care & mental health services. It is a lethal combination that puts lives in jeopardy. #abolishdetention Learn more: bit.ly/4k6y1eh
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 04/06/2025
🚨Say NO to detention expansion! #Georgia immigrant rights advocates are sounding the alarm on imminent plans to expand #Folkston ICE Processing Center (FIPC), an immigrant detention center in South GA with a history of abuse and mistreatment. www.instagram.com/p/DKenPFNO0SS/?igsh=eXV3a3VkbHRjZ28x
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 22/05/2025
💻WEBINAR 5/29: The Trump admin is using Bureau of Prison (BOP) facilities to expand immigration detention. Join us to learn about the origins and growth of civil immigration detention in federal prisons & community-led efforts to challenge these practices. Register today: bit.ly/dismantle529
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 20/05/2025
Join our team! We are hiring an Advocacy Manager or Senior Advocacy Manager to advance DWN’s mission to end immigration detention through advocacy, coalition building, data and policy analysis, strategy development, and research. www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/about/jobs-o...
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 12/05/2025
Read and share: 🔗 ilrc.me/resist This resource focuses on the weaponization of the criminal legal system, the increasingly authoritarian approach, and the role of the federal budget, which are key tools of the Trump administration’s brutality and also vital sites of advocacy needed to stem the tide.
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 05/05/2025
Join us! DWN welcomes prospective board members who are committed to our mission, share our values, and are ready to actively support staff and engage in national board leadership. 🔗Learn more: www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/about/jobs-o...
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 22/04/2025
Military bases have been used to confine people seeking refuge—from Guantanamo Bay to evacuation sites. Join us this Thursday, 4/24, to unpack the history, current threats & resistance of the Trump admin's plan of immigration detention expansion to military bases. 🔗Register: bit.ly/dismantle424
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 17/04/2025
💥Take action today for the #CommunitiesNotCages National Day of Action! 🧰 Join an action near you: bit.ly/CNCtakeaction 🖊️Stop immigrant detention expansion: bit.ly/BlockICE 🖊️End family detention: 🔗actionnetwork.org/letters/end-family-detention
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 15/04/2025
📣Join us April 17th for a National Day of Action demanding Communities Not Cages! #FreeThemAll! No Raids! No Deportations! Attend a local action and uplift national petitions. 🧰 Action toolkit: bit.ly/CNCtakeaction to join an action near you. @immjustice.bsky.social
National Day of Action: Communities Not Cages: No Detention!No Raids, No deportations! Map of US with pins for action locations. Toolkit link: bit.ly/CNCtakeaction
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 27/02/2025
Lives are in jeopardy in ICE detention. Three deaths in ICE custody in just over a month of Trump’s presidency makes it the most deaths to occur in this fiscal year time period in five years. Take action to block the administration’s devastating attacks on immigrants today: 🔗 bit.ly/nofunding1
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 24/02/2025
🚨ACTION ALERT: Join us in urging our representatives to block the administration’s devastating attacks on immigrants by rejecting funding for enforcement, detention, & deportation throughout the budget reconciliation process. TAKE ACTION by making calls and sending letters today: 🔗 bit.ly/nofunding1
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 06/02/2025
We are hiring an Organizing and Membership Director to build the power of the Network and movement to abolish immigration detention. Learn more: www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/about/jobs-o...
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 21/01/2025
Members of Congress and elected leaders at all levels cannot afford to remain silent on the excessive cruelty. Rather, in the face of Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda, they must act and be unwavering in their support of immigrants. 2/4
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 21/01/2025
With Trump 2.0 we expect swift & cruel mass detention & deportation tactics, including raids in neighborhoods, workplaces, & even schools, hospitals, & houses of worship. The goal is to persecute & round up immigrant communities in expanded jails and private prisons with track records of abuse. 1/4
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 17/01/2025
Despite Biden’s failures and Trump’s return, the fight to end immigration detention and build incarceration-free economies has seen notable wins. We will not let Trump or anyone else, including Democratic leaders, to drown out our vision towards more humane and just immigration policy.
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 13/01/2025
We are hiring! DWN is looking for a Senior Digital Organizer to build Detention Watch Network’s online community to advance the Network's mission and get supporters to take action. Learn more about this position here: www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/about….
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 13/01/2025
Private prisons have been working closely with ICE under the Biden admin and their stocks have risen with Trump elected. But do local economies actually benefit from immigration detention? No. immigration detention just means mass suffering. Read more: www.detentionwatchnetwork.org/sites/defaul...
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 26/12/2024
We at Detention Watch Network are resolute in our commitment to supporting local community groups across the country. DWN is building bridges between the local work happening across the country. Join us by donating today: bit.ly/give2dwn or find us on Venmo at @detentionwatch
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 20/12/2024
Without a doubt, DWN has been made better by the dedicated work of Gaby. For over 8 years, she held several roles at DWN bringing her love for her family and community to each one. Please join us in wishing Gaby well!
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 19/12/2024
DWN will be closed for winter break between December 20th and January 6th for collective rest. We look forward to reconnecting with the DWN community in early 2025 to continue the fight to abolish immigration detention.  From all of us at DWN, we wish you a restful season spent with your loved ones.
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 16/12/2024
How are immigrant justice & Palestinian rights connected? 🌍Join us today, Dec. 16, 6-7:30 PM ET for a national webinar exploring the intersection of these movements. We’ll discuss immigration detention, militarization, & resistance. Join us: secure.afsc.org/a/journey-hu...
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Detention Watch Network @detentionwatchnetwork.org · 13/12/2024
Together, we are building bridges towards a brighter future. Not just for immigrants, but for everyone. Will you join us? Donate today: bit.ly/give2dwn
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