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Stop the Mass Deportation and Detention Machine

Federal agents patrol the halls of immigration court at the Jacob K. Javits Federal Building on July 08, 2025 in New York City.

Immigration detention has long been a stain on the U.S. human rights record. But under the Trump administration, this cruelty has been taken to new extremes.

This dangerous anti-immigrant campaign includes ICE raids, mass detention centers, deputizing local law enforcement agencies as immigration officials, racial profiling, attacks on asylum seekers, deportations to third countries, and the public targeting of immigrant organizers and protestors.

We are at a crossroads. The U.S. government can either continue down a path of cruelty, fear and systemic abuse—or choose a future rooted in dignity, compassion and justice.

Now more than ever, our work to defend human rights and protect immigrant communities is urgent and essential. But we can’t do it alone.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

An activist holds a sign reading — (Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Abolish ICE!

Immigration Advocates Demonstrate And Clash With Officers Outside Delaney Hall Detention Facility In Newark — (Adam Gray/Getty Images)

Urge Congress to close all cruel detention centers around the country

Anti-ICE protesters block entrance to Coast Guard Island in California — (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Release Asylum Seeker with Health Needs

Immigrants Are Detained By Ice In Chicago, Illinois — (Joshua Lott/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Release detained men unlawfully removed from ICE to Equatorial Guinea

illustration of a row of ICE agents pointing guns at a row of people. one person is blowing a whistle — (Ana Laura Alba, et al.)

WHY WE MUST ABOLISH ICE

Our report, “We Had Whistles, They Had Guns”: Human Rights Violations in U.S. Immigration Enforcement Operations and the Case to Abolish ICE, concludes that the dismantling of ICE is necessary to bring the U.S. immigration enforcement system into compliance with its international human rights obligations.

Read the report

Additional resources

protestor holds an anti-ICE sign during a rally — (Jim Franco/Albany Times Union via Getty Images)

Abolish ICE toolkit

Our activist toolkit includes more ways to get involved and push the U.S. government to abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Download the toolkit

illustration of alligator alcatraz detention center — (Tercer Piso)

Torture and Enforced Disappearances in the Sunshine State: Human Rights Violations at “Alligator Alcatraz” and Krome in Florida

This report presents Amnesty International’s findings from a research trip to document detention conditions since President Trump took office in January 2025.

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Amnesty International mission to Tijuana migrant center — (Amnesty International USA)

Lives in Limbo: Devastating Impacts of Trump’s Migration and Asylum Policies

This Amnesty International briefing focuses on the end of applying for asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border and the situation of asylum seekers in Mexico.

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Los Angeles, CA - September 08: In search of illegal immigrant with criminal record Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials knock at the door of a house on early Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022 in Los Angeles, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images) — (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Know Your Rights: How to Stay Safe Around ICE

Knowing your rights when encountering U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) keeps our communities safe.

Learn your rights

Dehumanized by Design: Human Rights Violations in El Paso

This Amnesty International briefing presents findings from an April 2025 research trip to the El Paso Service Processing Center (EPSPC) detention facility.

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