Disabled Organizers Are Facing Down Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

by Marianne Dhenin | Mar 25, 2026 | Activism, CBP, Customs and Border Protection, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Disability, Disability Activism, Disability Justice, disability rights, Discrimination, Donald Trump, health care, ICE, Immigrant Rights, immigration, immigration jails, medical neglect, News, Organizing, Racial Profiling, Resistance, US Customs and Border Protection

Since Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office last year, the number of people in immigration detention has almost doubled from 40,000 to about 75,000. Disabled people face an increased threat of violence and detention from law enforcement, including the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents who have been deployed to terrorize communities and…
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