The Truth They Don’t Want You to See

Before ICE was killing people in broad daylight, they were killing people behind closed doors.

At least 32 people have already died in ICE detention in 2025 alone — a level of death not seen in more than two decades. And it’s no coincidence.

Under Trump’s renewed immigration crackdowns, detention centers have become prisons that are dangerously overcrowded. . Medical neglect has worsened. Access to attorneys and resources are scarce. And more families are losing loved ones behind locked doors with no accountability.

This cruelty isn’t new — it’s just harder to hide.

For years, people have died in ICE custody from abuse, denial of care, and inhumane conditions while politicians looked the other way. What we’re witnessing now is the natural outcome of America’s carceral system that has no sense of humanity.

We refuse to normalize this.

Every life lost in detention is a policy failure. Every death is preventable. And every one of them is a reason to keep organizing, resisting, and demanding an end to this violent system once and for all.

National Shutdown Day Generates Nationwide Support

Last Friday, people across the country took collective action to demonstrate that our nationwide shutdown is growing.

From California to Maine, communities joined a National Shutdown to protest ICE’s violent immigration crackdown and honor the lives stolen by this system of terror.

Students walked out of classrooms and marched in freezing temperatures. Thousands gathered outside federal buildings. Families rallied in city centers and churches. Businesses closed their doors or donated profits to immigrant legal defense efforts. And everyday people showed that when we withhold our labor, our dollars, and our compliance, the system feels it.

This blackout proved that resistance doesn’t live in a bubble—it lives in classrooms, workplaces, neighborhoods, and the choices we make together.

When we organize, we disrupt injustice. When we show up, we protect each other. And when we act collectively, we build the power needed to end systems of harm for good.

Last week, community pressure worked.

Five-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his father, Adrian, are back home in Minneapolis after being torn from their driveway by ICE agents and held more than 1,300 miles away in a Texas detention center. The image of an ICE agent steering Liam into a vehicle with a hand on his Spider-Man backpack while the preschooler stood in the snow wearing a bunny ear heat sparked national outrage.

People of conscience refused to stay silent.

After days of public pressure and legal action, a federal judge ordered their release, sharply condemning the government’s reckless deportation tactics and the trauma inflicted on children in the name of Trump’s anti-immigration political agenda. Texas Rep. Joaquin Castro personally escorted Liam and his father back to Minnesota, declaring, “Liam is now home. With his hat and his backpack. Thank you to everyone who demanded freedom for Liam.”

This victory belongs to every person who spoke up, organized, and demanded humanity over cruelty.

It’s proof that collective action saves families, and it’s why we will keep fighting until every child is safe, every family is free, and the Trump administration’s system of harm is dismantled for good.

Change isn’t something we only fight for, it’s something we carry with us.

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Grab your gear, spark conversations, and help build the future we deserve, one community at a time.

This week, we’re proud to spotlight M4F’s endorsed candidate Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib in her re-election campaign. She is a true politivist who governs hand-in-hand with the people, not corporations or special interests. From fighting for Medicare for All and housing as a human right to championing environmental justice, immigrants’ rights, and dignity for working families, Rashida has never backed down from putting community first. Most recently, she introduced House Resolution 876, demanding accountability for the genocide in Gaza and upholding the U.S.’s obligation to protect human rights everywhere. Rashida leads with courage, compassion, and action—exactly the kind of leadership our movement exists to uplift.

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The Movement for Freedom Team