End the Merger of the Criminal Justice & Immigration Sytems

    We encourage organizations and community groups to join us in endorsing an open letter drafted by a coalition of organizations that calls on the Obama Administration to address ...[Read more]

    Multimedia

    Sheriff Wiles on Secure Communities

    Sheriff Richard Wiles from El Paso, TX has implemented the Secure Communities program with restrictions on which types of crimes have their fingerprints through the DHS databa...[Read more]

    DWN: One year after ICE'S detention reform announcement, Some Progress Made, but Little Impact Felt on the Ground

    Image: 

    To address detenton concerns, the Detention Watch Network launched the Dignity, Not Detention: Preserving Human Rights and Restoring Justice campaign, to call for an end to detention expansion, the use of cost-saving alternatives, and the restoration of due process in the government's enforcement of immigration laws.  Please visit www.dignitynotdetention.org for more information about DWN's Campaign.

     

     

     


    A nation’s spirit uprooted by conservative focus on “anchor babies”

    The 14th amendment, established in 1868 as a major gain from the Civil War, united a nation that was once half-slave and half-free. Today, some Republicans wish to revisit the debate of 1868 and revoke its notion of birthright citizenship in order to help prevent undocumented immigration. Instead of focusing on reforming the immigration system, these Republicans focus on punishing immigrants and Americans alike by altering an amendment that continues to carry so much of our national spirit.

    On the first anniversary of immigration detention reforms, what has changed on the ground?

    From the Detention Watch Network
    On the first anniversary of an announcement that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the enforcement agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)) would overhaul the nation’s immigration detention system, reports show that for the nearly 400,000 immigrants ICE has detained this year, little has changed.

    Ground zero and the mosque — does the court of law have it right?

    Welcoming a new mosque near the site of 9/11 attacks is seen by those opposed to it as a symbol of terrorist victory and a weak U.S. On the other hand, supporters see the openness and tolerance of this act as a powerful bridge to interfaith interaction and peace. But, plain and simply, to the court of law religious tolerance isn’t up for debate.