by Victoria Valenzuela | Aug 7, 2026 | Activism, Delaney Hall ICE Jail, Hunger Strike, Immigrant Detention, Immigrant Rights, News Analysis
When Dilmer “Loba” Lovos Mendez learned about the protests inside the Dilley Detention Center in Texas, they were not surprised. While being held for two years in California immigration jails from 2024 to 2026, Lovos Mendez had seen firsthand how common such organized acts of resistance actually are, and was themself directly involved with three protest actions during that time.
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by Tristan Taylor | Jun 20, 2026 | Activism, Delaney Hall ICE Jail, Department of Homeland Security, DHS, ICE, Immigrant Rights, Immigrants, immigration, immigration jails, Michigan, Op-Ed, Organizing
The movement in Metro Detroit fighting ICE and Trump’s reactionary agenda has scored an important victory with the news that the agency has given up on its plan to build a new detention center in Romulus. Instead, ICE will be selling the property, one of 11 facilities purchased by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) earlier in the year in an effort to expand deportations.
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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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