Despite court ruling, WA still blocked from inspecting immigrant detention center State Department of Health officials tried to inspect most recently on March 20, according to the agency. The GEO Group, which runs the detention center, turned them away.

"Officials from the state Department of Health tried to inspect most recently on March 20, according to the agency. The GEO Group, which runs the detention center, turned them away. This was the ninth unsuccessful inspection attempt since 2023."

America's Shocking History of Private Prisons Shane Bauer investigates the history of profit and violence in private prisons.

"This maniacal drive for profits managed to create a system that was more deadly than slavery."

efore founding the Corrections Corporation of America, a $1.8 billion private prison corporation now known as CoreCivic, Terrell Don Hutto ran a cotton plantation the size of Manhattan. There, mostly black convicts were forced to pick cotton from dawn to dusk for no pay. It was 1967 and the Beatles’ “All you need is love” was a hit, but the men in the fields sang songs with lyrics like “Old Master don’t you whip me, I’ll give you half a dollar.” Hutto’s family lived on the plantation and even had a “house boy,” an unpaid convict who served them. https://time.com/5405158/the-true-history-of-americas-private-prison-industry/

Let's put every for-profit prison company out of business.

In a shocking twist, "Alligator Alcatraz" is a concentration camp
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I've studied so many concentration camps through history that held vulnerable people in just this kind of crowded squalor. You demonize people, you demand more arrests, this is what you get. It already has its own budget and its own momentum, and is on track to go much further, unless we stop it.

Screenshot of news article: Indivisible Northampton protest Citizens Bank over ICE detention financing above photo of signs that say 'Boycott Citizens' and 'ICE COLD KILLERS'

“In the end, the way that we can make change happen is one person at a time … we can’t do it all, but we can do our part, which is to give people courage and let them know that if this is how they think, then they can say something too"

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"ICE's account does not match the police report or timestamps and content of witness video..."

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Realizing his whole Make America Great Again schtick was just another pump & dump scheme...

“Some have felt forced to work in the kitchen’s detention center, getting paid $1 for an eight-hour work shift that at least allows them to make the meals slightly better, they said. In 2025, the Department of Homeland Security awarded over $811 million in contracts to the Geo Group…”

Growing up with opportunities to see our country through the eyes of people who sacrificed to come here — often at great personal risk — fostered a deep sense of gratitude and patriotism that I suspect the folks pushing these vile narratives can't relate to.

Immigrants make America great.

ICE has been really good at catching wind of these unannounced visits in other cities recently and flying all the captured migrants out beforehand.

But not today. Well done catching them, Congresswoman. We should expect that all of the detention centers are this bad when they aren’t tipped off.

The government loses yet another case against protesters/bystanders accused of assaulting federal officers during ICE raids and protests in California last summer

"I don't recommend that you watch this tape..."

Jan-15 45.4% Feb-15 52.4% Mar-15 51.0% Apr-15 49.8% May-15 48.0% Jun-15 47.6% Jul-15 49.5% Aug-15 54.8% Sep-15 53.1% Oct-15 52.1% Nov-15 52.8% Dec-15 53.3% Jan-16 57.2% Feb-16 58.3% Mar-16 56.7% Apr-16 54.2% May-16 55.3% Jun-16 51.9% Jul-16 56.9% Aug-16 56.6% Sep-16 50.3% Oct-16 56.2% Nov-16 55.6% Dec-16 55.1% Jan-17 56.3% Feb-17 59.4% Mar-17 60.3% Apr-17 59.4% May-17 59.9% Jun-17 61.7% Jul-17 65.9% Aug-17 64.2% Sep-17 63.0% Oct-17 63.5% Nov-17 62.3% Dec-17 63.7% Jan-18 62.0% Feb-18 64.5% Mar-18 64.5% Apr-18 61.8% May-18 64.6% Jun-18 66.9% Jul-18 68.6% Aug-18 67.6% Sep-18 68.0% Oct-18 68.5% Nov-18 66.5% Dec-18 67.7% Jan-19 74.1% Feb-19 68.1% Mar-19 69.8% Apr-19 68.4% May-19 65.1% Jun-19 66.0% Jul-19 65.7% Aug-19 68.3% Sep-19 68.5% Oct-19 69.5% Nov-19 67.7% Dec-19 67.0% Jan-20 69.5% Feb-20 70.7% Mar-20 69.3% Apr-20 61.0% May-20 63.7% Jun-20 66.3% Jul-20 59.7% Aug-20 55.7% Sep-20 63.6% Oct-20 63.0% Nov-20 64.9% Dec-20 65.4% Jan-21 62.9% Feb-21 56.7% Mar-21 56.4% Apr-21 58.7% May-21 61.4% Jun-21 55.3% Jul-21 43.7% Aug-21 45.8% Sep-21 47.2% Oct-21 49.3% Nov-21 44.4% Dec-21 44.4% Jan-22 46.7% Feb-22 51.7% Mar-22 49.7% Apr-22 43.8% May-22 41.2% Jun-22 45.8% Jul-22 52.7% Aug-22 55.5% Sep-22 54.0% Oct-22 52.7% Nov-22 50.6% Dec-22 46.8% Jan-23 47.1% Feb-23 49.8% Mar-23 47.8% Apr-23 49.7% May-23 45.8% Jun-23 45.6% Jul-23 45.2% Aug-23 43.4% Sep-23 42.9% Oct-23 44.2% Nov-23 45.5% Dec-23 46.5% Jan-24 47.9% Feb-24 46.4% Mar-24 47.5% Apr-24 49.3% May-24 50.8% Jun-24 50.8% Jul-24 52.1% Aug-24 56.6% Sep-24 59.2% Oct-24 59.1% Nov-24 62.0% Dec-24 60.3% Jan-25 64.1% Feb-25 71.2% Mar-25 73.0% Apr-25 75.1% May-25 75.4% Jun-25 72.0% Jul-25 73.9% Aug-25 74.8% Sep-25 78.3% Oct-25 78.8% Nov-25 78.2% Dec-25 84.4% Jan-26 90.5% Feb-26 94.7%

Hey, has anyone visited TRAC Immigration and looked up asylum denial rates in US immigration courts?

October 2000-January 2025: 56% of cases denied
February-November 2025: 75% denied
December 2025: 84%
January 2026: 91%
February 2026: 95%

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ICE just released new detention statistics. First update in about 2 months.

As of April 4, 2026, ICE was detaining 60,311 people across the United States.

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Thank you--really important work.

Record numbers of people are dying in ICE detention, and it isn't just because record numbers of people are being detained. The death rate per 10k people detained has skyrocketed under this administration.

This piece is well worth your time:
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ICE arrested more than 800 people after tips from TSA, investigation shows Reuters uncovers that the TSA shared more than 31,000 traveler records with ICE for immigration enforcement

After the TSA gave ICE records on 31,000 travelers, ICE reportedly used the info to arrest 800 people.

We sued TSA and ICE for records showing how this data-sharing agreement works.

Travelers deserve to know if they’re at risk.
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The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that the White House plans to keep DHS's $70 million jet— the very same jet whose connections to a Kristi Noem campaign donor we reported on last month. ⬇️

Nightly population Detained by ICE, National. Peaked at 70,696 on Jan. 15, 2026. Midnight population dropped to around 61,500 by March 10.

I'm in the middle of writing up a "how I made these charts" post, but I'll take a moment to share a few that show specifically where ICE increased/decreased the detained pop. over the last 2 months.

Data: ICE, obtained by @deportationdata.org after FOIA litigation.
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Inside ICE’s Only Contract with a Blue State As part of a 287(g) contract between state officials and ICE, Massachusetts continues to release prisoners into deportation—even as state lawmakers look to ban other forms of ICE collaboration.

“People are more willing to talk about banning a hypothetical 287(g) with a hypothetical police department than they are a real 287(g) with the Massachusetts Department of Correction,” says an attorney who represents detained immigrants in Massachusetts.

GEO Group is obstructing our efforts to inspect the Northwest ICE Processing Center.

The law is clear. We are going to do what it takes to get our health inspectors into that facility.

voteinorout on Instagram: "ICE and CBP’s mass deportation machine is funded through 2029 – with $150 billion in taxpayer dollars. They don’t need more money. They need reform. Follow @rep_walkinshaw for more. Help this information get to more voters. 🇺🇸 A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to Democracy.—Thomas Jefferson" 21 likes, 0 comments - voteinorout on April 7, 2026: "ICE and CBP’s mass deportation machine is funded through 2029 – with $150 billion in taxpayer dollars. They don’t need more money. They need reform. Follow @rep_walkinshaw for more. Help this information get to more voters. 🇺🇸 A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to Democracy.—Thomas Jefferson".

ICE and CBP’s mass deportation machine is funded through 2029 – with $150 billion in taxpayer dollars.

They don’t need more money. They need reform. Follow @rep_walkinshaw for more.

Help this information get to more voters. 🇺🇸 A well-informed electorate is a prerequisite to Democracy.—Thomas...

It definitely doesn’t sound like doing the right thing with integrity to us! SHAME on Citizens Bank!
@de-icecitizensbank.org
@boycottcitizens.org
@50501movement.bsky.social

Despite court ruling, WA still blocked from inspecting immigrant detention center • Washington State Standard Washington health inspectors have been trying for months to enter the Tacoma immigrant detention center amid concerns about the conditions.

“GEO Group is obstructing our efforts to inspect the Northwest ICE Processing Center,” Gov. Bob Ferguson said in a statement. “The law is clear. We are going to do what it takes to get our health inspectors into that facility.”

Sign the Petition PHILLIES--Citizens Bank funds detention centers--PLEASE ACT!

There's a new petition out asking the Phillies to reconsider the partnership!

From Rep. @moulton.house.gov ’s campaign:

"We don’t want" #Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel’s "money and we don’t want his surveillance in our streets."

@sethmoulton.bsky.social 🫡

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We teach at a Florida university that agreed to cooperate with ICE – and we worry that it is making our students feel less safe At least 15 Florida state universities and colleges have signed agreements with Immigration and Customs Enforcement that authorize campus police to carry out immigration enforcement.

"When campus police are folded into federal immigration work, we believe that universities cannot claim they offer more refuge than risk."

Chickening out of a crime-against-humanity threat is good, actually.

Threatening a crime against humanity—or being silent or even supportive when someone in your party threatens one—is extremely bad, and tells us everything we need to know about you, forever.

www.5calls.org