TELL CONGRESS: Horrific conditions in ICE prisons and the growing number of deaths in ICE
custody under Trump are shocking. Some of the worst abuses have been
documented at “Alligator Alcatraz.” And ICE is building even more tent
prisons in the style of the Florida “internment camp.” Sign the petition: Investigate and shut down violent ICE detention centers!
[ [link removed] ]ADD YOUR NAME
Senator Jon Ossoff compiled a report documenting hundreds of human rights
abuses at ICE prisons, including pregnant women sleeping on floors in
overcrowded intake cells and children denied medical attention.^1
In response, Trump’s Department of Homeland Security brushed off the
accusations, simply saying, “Any claim that there are subprime conditions
at ICE detention centers are false.”^2 It’s an absurd statement after
another person died in ICE custody last week in Pennsylvania.^3
Lawmakers have also spoken out about the horrific conditions at the prison
Trump has called “Alligator Alcatraz” — excessive heat, insufficient food,
and unlivable sanitation conditions with 30+ people in a cage with 3
toilets, some inoperable, with drinking spigots connected to toilet tanks.
Congress must investigate these abusive ICE prisons!
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Investigate Trump’s ICE prisons! End the horrible,
inhumane treatment of people in immigrant detention.
[ [link removed] ]ADD YOUR NAME
After visiting “Alligator Alcatraz,” Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Schultz called
it an “internment camp.”^4 Rep. Maxwell Frost said, “What I saw made my
heart sink.”^5 And now ICE is using its massive infusion of funding from
Congress to build even more of these slapdash torture centers.^6
The “egregious and unconstitutional conditions” at the Pennsylvania ICE
detention center where a man died by suicide last week had already been
documented in an ACLU lawsuit.^7 It’s the largest ICE prison in the
northeast.^8
Our leaders must fight back against the White House’s vicious detention
centers NOW.
[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Investigate ICE prisons now! Protect immigrants from
brutal ICE abuses. Thanks for taking action,
Joey and the Demand Progress team
[ [link removed] ]DONATE
Sources:
1. NBC News, "Hundreds of alleged human rights abuses in immigrant
detention, report finds,” [ [link removed] ]August 5, 2025.
2. Ibid.
3. The Intercept, “Chinese ICE Detainee Dies by Suicide at Pennsylvania
Detention Center,” [ [link removed] ]August 7, 2025.
4. USA Today, "'Help me!' Democrats decry 'vile' conditions at 'Alligator
Alcatraz' immigrant prison,” [ [link removed] ]July 14, 2025.
5. Ibid.
6. The Wall Street Journal, “Newly Flush With Cash, ICE Races to Build
Migrant Tent Camps,” [ [link removed] ]July 19, 2025.
7. The Intercept, “Chinese ICE Detainee Dies by Suicide at Pennsylvania
Detention Center,” [ [link removed] ]August 7, 2025.
8. Ibid.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Contributions to ActBlue Civics and Demand Progress Action are not
deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes.
Join our online community on [ [link removed] ]Instagram or [ [link removed] ]Twitter.
You can unsubscribe from this list at any time: [link removed]
