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ALT Green background with white rectangle overlaid. On top in bold black text - "The Senate budget proposal would drastically increase spending for war and deportations at the expense of massive cuts to vital social programs." Below text continues - "Instead of spending $37.5 billion more on the Pentagon and $43.75 billion more on deportations and detentions each year, we could provide: Affordable housing for the 3.6 million renters who receive an eviction notice each year, AND Housing security for the 653,000 Americans experiencing homelessness, AND Treatment for the 1 in 5 adults with opioid use disorder who have no health insurance, AND Healthcare for every one of the 4 million uninsured children in this country, AND Expand Head Start to serve 4 in 5 children in poverty - versus the current 1 in 3" At bottom National Priorities Project logo in white
ALT Image of the United States Capitol building with an overcast sky. Overlay text states 'National Immigrant Justice Center condemns Congress' passage of Laken Riley Act' dated January 23, 2025.
ALT Image featuring a quote from NIJC Executive Director Mary Meg McCarthy, "With this bill, Congress has allowed anti-immigrant extremists to exploit the tragic murder of Laken Riley in order to vilify immigrants and eliminate due process from the immigration system.”
ALT A graphic image with a quote in black text on a white background. The quote reads: "It has nothing to do with averting future harm for people like Ms. Riley, and everything to do with stoking fear and punishing our immigrant communities." Below the quote is the attribution to the NIJC Executive Director Mary Meg McCarthy, emphasized by a green double quotation mark at the top.
ALT According to the CBP briefing documents, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is preparing to more than double its detention capacity by opening four new 10,000-bed facilities and 14 smaller sites with space for 700 to 1,000 people. The Department of Defense may also utilize military bases as holding facilities, the document says. Trump officials have told lawmakers they will need billions of dollars in additional funding to meet the president’s deportation goals by ramping up ICE detention capacity.
ALT Bright blue rectangle at the top left corner with text that reads "Virtual train-the-trainer workshop". Underneath are the details of the workshop: "BE INFORMED: What is ICE? How do they operate? What are your rights during an encounter with them? A training to prepare advocates, organizers, and allies across the nation to give Know Your Rights information to clients and community members. When: December 17, 2024. 1-3pm EST. Register today: bit.ly/be-ICE-informed" At the bottom right corner are the logos of the hosting organizations: Make the Road NY, Surveillance Resistance Lab, and Immigrant Defense Project.
