John,
American democracy rests on due process and accountability. But right now, ICE is operating like a rogue state within our government, disappearing people off our streets and shipping them to some of the most violent prisons in the world without trial, warning, or legal recourse.
This is not law enforcement. It’s kidnapping. It’s trafficking. It’s a full-scale attack on the most basic principles of a democratic society. ICE is running what amounts to a global prison pipeline, disappearing immigrants into dungeons in El Salvador, Angola, Uzbekistan, and beyond. And they are doing it with your tax dollars.
This is a test of who we are. A government that vanishes people into gulags abroad without a trial is not a democracy. And a Congress that looks away is complicit.
Tell Congress to investigate ICE’s human trafficking pipeline. Demand public hearings, accountability, and an end to these U.S.-sponsored gulags.
These are not convicted criminals. Over 71% of ICE detainees have no criminal record. That didn’t stop agents from deporting Kilmar Armando Ábrego García to CECOT, the Salvadoran torture prison so notorious it’s been called “a place where the only way out is in a coffin.” His release took a sitting U.S. senator flying to El Salvador. Is that what it takes now to stop American-sponsored human rights abuses?
Congress must use every single tool, from oversight subpoenas to defunding operations, to end ICE’s indefinite detention regime. Every person, no matter where they were born, is guaranteed basic rights under the Constitution. ICE has shredded that promise.
This is a moral emergency. We cannot let our country outsource cruelty, avoid scrutiny, and act with impunity. If we don't demand answers now, the list of disappeared will grow, and the line between law enforcement and authoritarian terror will vanish.
Tell Congress to launch a full investigation into ICE’s overseas detention network. Free the disappeared. End American gulags.
Together, we’ll expose every shadow operation and fight for justice, accountability, and human rights.
- DFA AF Team
