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Contact Your U.S. Senators & Representative: Oppose Expansion of Immigration Detention

The Trump Administration is moving to triple the size of the U.S. immigration detention system from a capacity for 40,000 people to 120,000. This expanded capacity would include 30,000 people to be detained at the U.S. military base in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba and at least four new 10,000-bed ICE detention centers – as well as 14 smaller scale facilities, each with the capacity for 700-1,000 people.

These plans will require a massive infusion of resources from the federal government to pay for the construction and staffing of new large-scale detention facilities on military bases and elsewhere. Much of that money will be going into the pockets of private prison and military contractors.

Take Action: Write to your Members of Congress to urge them to stop these cruel policies by denying the resources needed to carry out this immoral expansion!

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Subject: Opposition to Expansion of Immigration Detention

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Dear Member of Congress, As your constituent and as a person of faith, I urge you to speak out against President Trump's use of military bases like Guantánamo Bay to detain immigrants and to more than triple the size of the U.S. immigration system. I ask that you say NO to any funding for immigration detention at military bases or anywhere. No one should be ripped away from their loved ones and suffer in Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention or in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody. Alarmingly, President Trump has announced plans to triple the size of the U.S. immigration detention system, with capacity for 30,000 people to be detained at the Guantánamo Bay military base in Cuba and at least 4 new ICE detention centers with the capacity to detain at least 10,000 people, as well as 14 smaller scale facilities with capacity for 700-1,000 people. The existing immigration detention system is rife with abuse. People are deprived of their liberty, denied access to lawyers, separated from their families and loved ones, and subjected to horrific conditions including the torture of prolonged solitary confinement. Expanding this system is a core part of President Trump’s promise of mass deportation. Detention plays a crucial role in deportations - detention puts people’s lives in jeopardy, isolates people away from their loved ones and support networks, coerces people to sign their deportation order, and facilitates the logistics of deportations. Congress has the power to stop these cruel policies by denying the resources needed to carry out this immoral expansion. I urge you to say no to funding for immigration detention across all federal budget and appropriations legislation. Thank you for your consideration and leadership. Sincerely,

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