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Dear Friend,
Our hearts are heavy as we mourn the loss of Alex Pretti, who was executed in Minneapolis by Border Patrol agents in broad daylight. As we settle into 2026, we’re holding the weight of this loss and so many others whose lives have been cut short by la migra in our streets and in ICE detention centers.
Like you, I’m pissed.
But all over, the violence we are witnessing is spurring more and more of us into action. Families are speaking out, communities are organizing anti-ICE patrols, and the general public is finally waking up to the fact that immigration enforcement deliberately terrorizes our communities.
While our reality remains devastating, this moment creates an inflection point, a new opening for us to build up the mass movement we need to finally abolish ICE and win freedom for every last one of us.
At FFI, we believe those facing ICE’s harms are the heart of that movement — the leaders whose expertise is rooted in their lived experience of state violence. But community members trapped in ICE detention centers cannot organize without resources and our solidarity.
In December, supporters like you sprang into collective action, raising nearly $4,000 in just one month for FFI’s Commissary Fund. Powered by long-time supporters and nearly 50 new donors, this money is already easing immediate needs for people inside detention who rely on the commissary to access basic necessities like food, medicine, and clean clothing.
This momentum matters. It shows what is possible when we come together.
Help us keep up the fight with a donation to our annual appeal, Until Everyone Is Free, And Still We Rise, so that we can sustain other urgent work such as our detention hotline, organizing initiatives, and policy advocacy. These initiatives, alongside the commissary fund, help us build the people power we need to end detention for good.
As we move into this new year, I invite you to be part of this moment. I invite you to do the last thing this administration wants, and channel your righteous anger into real, tangible solidarity. Your support helps ensure that people inside detention are not forgotten while we fight for a world beyond cages.
