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My new article with Caribbean Life News, on the Communities Not Cages virtual advocacy day held on March 6, is out!

#CommunitiesNotCages is fighting to overhaul NY’s racist sentencing laws.

Use this tool, p2a.co/pkru7PJ, to demand your lawmakers stand with us to:
❌ELIMINATE MANDATORY MINIMUMS
❌END EXTREME SENTENCING
✅SUPPORT TRANSFORMATION
♥️And bring our loved ones home!

Read more here: https://www.caribbeanlife.com/advocates-push-for-changes-in-sentencing-laws-in-new-york/

This week, over 170 orgs sent a letter to the Biden admin demanding an end to all ICE detention contracts expiring in 2023.

Biden must act urgently to release people from detention, cut contracts & shut down facilities permanently. #CommunitiesNotCages #immigration #Biden #Detention #ImmigrationDetention
📨bit.ly/BidenEndContracts

Today, on DHS's 20th anniversary, DWN is calling on Congress and #POTUS to cut funding to #ICE and #CBP shut down immigration detention centers and invest in our communities instead! #DefundHate #CommunitiesNotCages #DHS20 #Immigration

RT @ShutDownBerks@twitter.com

ORGANIZING WORKS! IT'S BEING SHUT DOWN!!!!!
This is a victory for the Berks community, A result of a collaborative effort between many including people who have suffered the violence of detention at Berks #ShutDownBerks #CommunitiesNotCages
https://www.readingeagle.com/2022/11/30/federal-government-to-close-berks-county-residential-center/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ShutDownBerks/status/1598060257607319554

RT @mgouldwartofsky
Alerta NYC:

Tomorrow, join @familiesfreedom @DetentionWatch @queerDEP and friends at 26 Federal Plaza for an emergency demonstration to resist these racist deportations, mass detentions, and acts of state violence against our Haitian fam.

#RefugeesWelcome
#CommunitiesNotCages

RT @avid_chihuahuan@twitter.com

This death is another reason to #DefundHate. AVID calls for #CommunitiesNotCages and demands #JusticeforJohana. https://twitter.com/MigrantFreedom/status/1135974884750704640

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/avid_chihuahuan/status/1136041690412699648

RT @DetentionWatch@twitter.com

DETENTION EXPANSION ALERT: ICE is looking to expand in California near Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco and other areas in the state. #CommunitiesNotCages #AbolishDetention https://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/ICE-scouting-locations-across-California-for-13855088.php

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DetentionWatch/status/1131651266067738630

RT @DetentionWatch@twitter.com

“The long history of abuse in the fed’s private prisons is a reason to shutter these facilities, not renew contracts.” Bob Libal, @Grassroots_News@twitter.com #CommunitiesNotCages #AbolishDetention
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-administration-expanding-privately-run-immigrant-prisons_n_5cccb54fe4b0548b735a0f1c

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/DetentionWatch/status/1131296426774937601