Abolish ICE

Why The US Still Needs To Abolish ICE

October 16, 2020 Silky Shah, NBC News. Educate! Abolish ICE, Detention Centers, ICE, Immigrant Rights

In 2018, one of the biggest demands of immigrant rights activists was “Abolish ICE.” The rallying cry intensified in part due to the Trump administration’s border policy, which separated parents from children and horrified the world. Just a few days ago, leaked tapes of the first lady exposed her indifference toward the policy in 2018, and reminded us of the administration’s complete disdain of the humanity of people seeking asylum. Today, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is still targeting and detaining hundreds of thousands of people, and separating loved ones from their families and communities.

Baltimore Protesters Give President Trump A Hostile Reception

September 14, 2019 Bill Hughes, Baltimore Post Examiner. Resist! Abolish ICE, Baltimore, Congress, Trump

Baltimore, MD - Although the temperature hovered around the ninety-degree mark in the late afternoon of Thursday, September 12, 2019, it was even hotter in the section of Baltimore known as Harbor East. The reason for that was that the ultra-conservative Republican President Donald Trump, a lightning rod for opponents of his policies, was in town. Local protesters were out in force to give him a piece of their angry, collective minds. Trump was in town to give a speech at a three-day retreat being held by members of the national Republican Party at the Marriott Hotel. It’s located at the harbor’s edge at 700 Aliceanna Street. The protesters, about 300 or more in number, couldn’t get close to the hotel. The local police presence was definitely on the heavy side. A piazza honoring Christopher Columbus, just west of the Little Italy neighborhood, was the staging area for the rally.

Actions To #CloseTheCamps Escalate

July 19, 2019 Bruna Bouhid-Sollod, Jasmine Nazarett and Juliet Barbara, United We Dream. Resist! Abolish ICE, Concentration Camps, Detention Centers, Immigrant Rights

With billions from Congress and zero oversight measures, the deportation force of ICE and CBP continues to open up detention camps across the country to incarcerate immigrants and children. In spite of new horrors being revealed almost every day, conditions in these camps worsen, no perpetrators have been held accountable and the people of color being tortured in them have not been released. We must stop the criminalization of immigrants, family separation, and the killing of asylum seekers. We must lead with values and respect for human lives by defunding these agencies and ending the mass incarceration of children and immigrants.

Activists Shut Down ICE Office In Washington, DC

July 17, 2019 Cosecha Movement, Popular Resistance. Resist! Abolish ICE, Concentration Camps, Immigration

On Tuesday, July 16, at 11:30 am at the ICE headquarters on the National Mall and 7th St. NW, Movimiento Cosecha and Never Again Action shutdown the ICE headquarters in downtown Washington, DC, blocking all entrances and exits. Some were arrested. “As Jews, we know from our own history what happens when a government targets, dehumanizes, and strips an entire group of people of all their civil and human rights. We refuse to wait and see what happens next,” said Never Again Action’s Hannah Klein, the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors and the daughter of a refugee. “Never again is now.” Today’s action in DC is organized under the banner of Never Again Action and the Cosecha Movement, an immigrant-led-movement fighting for permanent protection, dignity, and respect for the 11 million undocumented immigrants in the U.S.

Thousands Protest Concentration Camps At Vigils Across The US

July 14, 2019 World Socialist Website. Resist! Abolish ICE, Deportations, ICE Raids, Immigration

Two days before the largest immigration raid in US history, thousands of people in over 700 cities held vigils and protests yesterday to voice their anger at the mass imprisonment and brutal treatment of immigrants at concentration camps. The vigils were an international event, with at least one event taking place in every US state and across five continents. The protests show that there is broad popular opposition to Trump’s fascistic attacks on immigrants. They were organized after reports of standing room only cells, Customs and Border Protection officials denying children toothbrushes and diapers, and the drowning of a father and his young daughter at the US-Mexico border sparked international outrage.

Interfaith Leaders Block Access To ICE Office

July 3, 2019 Editor, Milwaukee Independent. Resist! Abolish ICE, Deportations, Immigration

A group of 31 ministers, rabbis, and religious leaders blocked the garage doors of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) building in Milwaukee on June 24, to resist the latest threats by President Trump to hold immigration raids that targeted refugee families. The Administration’s continued policies of separating families at the border and imprisoning people seeking asylum has been routinely condemned as brutal, subjecting vulnerable children to inhumane conditions. At the Milwaukee protest, more than one thousand people rallied in the streets surrounding the ICE building, at times blocking traffic. Hundreds of delegates from the United Church of Christ (UCC) from all over the country, who were visiting Milwaukee for their General Synod, marched from the Wisconsin Center to the ICE building.

Federal Courthouse Shut Down Against ICE

December 6, 2018 Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement, It's Going Down. Resist! Abolish ICE, Immigrant Rights, Migration

On Friday, November 30, members of the Connecticut immigrant rights activist community successfully shut down the federal courthouse in Hartford in protest of the ongoing injustices suffered by Nelson Pinos, his family, and all victims of ICE terror. Nelson, originally from Ecuador, has lived in Connecticut for over twenty years, where he has formed a family, a home, a career, and found community. In November of 2017, he entered into First & Summerfield Congregational Church in New Haven, seeking sanctuary there as a direct refute of the state’s order for his deportation.

Protest Targets Johns Hopkins’ Multi-Million Dollar ICE Contract

September 24, 2018 Jaisal Noor, Therealnews.com Resist! Abolish ICE, Higher Education, ICE, Immigration, Protests, Undocumented

Dozens of students, faculty, community members, and their children demonstrated at Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins University on September 21, demanding the university end its relationship with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or ICE. Protesters call for Hopkins to terminate millions of dollars in contracts with the controversial agency. AIMEE POHL: We demand Johns Hopkins University drop all of its contracts with the abusive and racist Immigration and Customs Enforcement administration.

ICE Asking Congress For More Money; What You Can Do

September 2, 2018 Kathryn Johnson, AFSC.org. Resist! Abolish ICE, Budget, Congress, ICE

For months, headlines have been dominated by the devastating impacts of the Trump Administration’s immigration policies and the growing movement against them. Loved ones have been torn apart at the border, thousands have been funneled into a cruel and inhumane detention and deportation system, and there are almost 500 children who still remain separated from their families. This devastation is only possible because our elected officials continue to fund it. And now they may be trying to increase just how much they are paying through a loophole in the budget process. Though the appropriations process can feel complicated and abstract, these budget bills have immense power to shape the world we live in. Here’s what you need to know:

Cancellation Of Sacramento ICE Contract Part Of National Campaign

July 8, 2018 By Anta Chabria, Sacramento Bee Resist! Abolish ICE, Immigration, Mass Incarceration

A vote by Sacramento County supervisors this week to end a contract allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to rent local jail beds is being celebrated by immigration activists as a major win and a model for national action. "This represents a pinnacle of triumph, and a beacon of hope for the rest of the tactics we are planning to implement," said Pablo Reyes-Morales, a member of Norcal Resist, a network of trained legal observers focused on immigration issues. "We’re definitely going to try to mimic it."

Protest Against ICE At Statute Of Liberty On 4th Of July

July 4, 2018 Kevin Zeese, Popular Resistance Resist! Abolish ICE, Immigrant Rights, Immigration

Two protests at the Statue of Liberty against US immigration policy forced the monument to close for the Fourth of July. The statue is a symbol of the United States welcoming immigrants, as a result, it was an excellent place to highlight the myth of the United States which now persecutes immigrants and restricts immigration. On Independence Day six people were arrested for hanging a large banner on the statue's pedestal that read “Abolish I.C.E.” They were taken into custody around 2:30 p.m. Associated Press reported on the second-related protest resulting in an additional arrest, writing, a woman protesting U.S. immigration policy climbed the Statue of Liberty's base and forced the monument's evacuation on the Fourth of July hours after several other demonstrators had hung a banner on the statue's pedestal and had been arrested. About 100 feet (30 meters) above ground, the climber engaged in a four-hour standoff with police

Aggressive Police Action Used To Remove #OccupyICE Philadelphia

July 3, 2018 Staff, Unicorn Riot Resist! Abolish ICE, Immigration, OccupyICE

In the latest development in the “Occupy ICE” protest encampments spreading across America, protesters have set up a new encampment outside an ICE building at 8th & Cherry Street in Philadelphia (a “sanctuary city“). Unicorn Riot has been providing live coverage into the night. Philadelphia Counter-Terrorism Unit & DHS federal police have cleared #AbolishICE protesters from two garage entrances used to move ICE detainees. Activist legal support estimates ~20+ arrests & likely injuries – officers were seen punching & pulling people from the crowd, throwing them to the ground as police clear the street.

Drop The Charges Against Ice Protesters The #SanDiegoClimbers

July 3, 2018 L'lerrét Jazelle Ailith, Black Youth Project 100 Resist! Abolish ICE, Immigrant Rights, Immigration

Over the last few days as we've been mobilizing with our Mijente comrades in San Diego to speak out against the implementation of Operation Streamline and the separation of families/criminalization of migration due to invisible borders. Our work is not done. Call District Attorney, Summer Stephan, at 619-531-3544 between 10 am and 7 pm CST and demand that she drop the charges against the #SanDiegoClimbers who dropped the Free Our Families Now banner.

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