Detention Watch Network
Detention Watch Network (DWN) is a national coalition building power through collective advocacy, grassroots organizing, and strategic communications to abolish immigration detention in the United States. Our members and supporters include organizations providing services to those in immigration detention and their families, and organizations and individuals advocating on behalf of those in immigr
The billions in additional funding that Congress just handed to DHS to expand the administration’s detention and deportation agenda is unconscionable. ICE is already the largest enforcement agency in the country, operating with never-before-seen funding to maintain and expand the largest immigration detention system in the world. More than half of this funding will go to ICE. It is more than 3 times ICE’s annual budget all in one shot, and yet, Congress is still negotiating an annual budget for Fiscal Year 2027 to layer on top of that.
There have been at least 50 deaths in ICE custody since Trump took office. Deaths in ICE custody continue to skyrocket past previous record highs amidst the Trump administration’s massive expansion of immigration detention and increasing ICE violence.
We must collectively call for an end to the ICE age to stop the loss of life in ICE custody, permanently shut down detention centers and to keep people and communities safe.
Read our full statement at detentionwatchnetwork.org
06/03/2026
‼️This week Members of Congress plan to give ICE and Border Patrol $71+ billion through the reconciliation process. Tell them NO MORE MONEY!
🔗 Send a letter today: bit.ly/nomoney4ice
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