Defund Hate: Defund Hate & Interfaith Community Kick Off Weeks of Meetings With Members of Congress to Demand They Divest From ICE and CBP in Their Fiscal Year 2023 Budget
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Defund Hate coalition held an Interfaith Day of Action where members of the faith community met with members of Congress and Congressional staff to demand they dramatically cut funding to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in a final negotiated Fiscal Year 2023 budget. Throughout […]
Defund Hate: As the Biden Administration Prepares to End Title 42, Now More Than Ever Congress Must Invest in Immigrant Communities and Welcome ALL Who Seek Asylum
Washington D.C. – Following guidance from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Biden Administration announced today that they will not be renewing Title 42, a Trump-era policy that has largely blocked Black and brown communities from seeking asylum in the U.S. since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The administration is expected to officially […]
Defund Hate- Our Demands Are Clear: President Biden and Congress Must Right the Wrongs of Their Harmful FY22 Omnibus and Slash Funding for Enforcement in FY23 Budget Negotiations
Washington, D.C. – This afternoon, President Biden will deliver a speech about his budget request for Fiscal Year 2023. In an important testament to years of organizing efforts, President Biden’s budget request, released this morning, includes a requested reduction in immigration detention beds and in funding for ICE’s enforcement and custody budgets. However, the request […]
Defund Hate: Instead of Investing in What Immigrant Communities Truly Need, Congress Prepares to Greenlight Billions to Fund ICE and CBP, Abusive and Deadly Agencies
Washington, D.C. – In the dead of night, Congress released the finalized text for its $1.5 trillion federal funding bill, which increases Trump-era spending levels for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and maintains Customs and Border Protection (CBP) funding levels roughly the same. Included is funding to detain 34,000 people in abusive ICE detention and […]
Defund Hate: As Biden Undermines Campaign Promises to Protect Immigrants, It Is More Urgent Than Ever for Congress to Cut ICE and CBP Funding
Washington, DC — In response to reporting that the continuing resolution to fund the federal government may be extended until March 11 and in light of reporting by Axios that the Biden administration is planning a home confinement and curfew pilot program, the Defund Hate Campaign issued the following statement: “Appropriators need to recognize their critical role in protecting immigrants, refugees […]
Trump’s Attack on the U.S. Census Mirrors Ongoing Right-Wing Efforts Nationwide to Subvert the Power of Black, Brown, and Immigrant Communities
Washington D.C. – Newly-released internal documents from the U.S. Census Bureau reveals the Trump administration’s attempts to undermine the 2020 census. It adds to mounting evidence nationwide of white supremacists’ efforts to deny the growing political power of Black and brown communities. In states like Texas and Florida, anti-voter bills that disproportionately restrict Black and brown communities from exercising […]
The Biden Administration Must Stop Defending White Nationalist Policies, and Focus on Humane Immigration Policies That Help People
Washington, D.C. – Today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Garland v. Gonzalez. The case on appeal from the Ninth Circuit presents the issues of whether someone in immigration custody is entitled to a bond hearing after six months of detention. The result of the case may impact thousands of immigrants currently in detention. Cynthia Garcia, National […]
Defund Hate: To Build Back Better, Congress Must End Trump Level Immigration Enforcement Funding and Pass a Final Fiscal Year 2022 Bill That Dramatically Cuts Funding for ICE and CBP
Washington, DC — In response to the continuing resolution passed last night by members of Congress to fund the federal government until February 18 and avoid a government shutdown the Defund Hate Campaign and the We Are Home Campaign issued the following statements: The Defund Hate Campaign, said: “To truly ‘Build Back Better,’ appropriators need to recognize their critical […]
Defund Hate Responds to Passage of Stopgap Spending Bill, Thanks Congress for Holding the Line and Urges Cuts to ICE & CBP Funding in Final FY22 Budget
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, in an effort to avoid a government shutdown, Congress passed a stopgap spending bill that will continue the same levels of funding for immigration detention and enforcement approved under the Trump administration until a federal budget for Fiscal Year 2022 is finalized. After weeks of action from the Defund Hate coalition, including a […]
Defund Hate: By Continuing to Fund ICE and CBP, President Biden is Defending Anti-Black, White Supremacist Violence Against Migrants
Washington, D.C. – Since taking office, the Biden administration has called for over $24 billion to fund ICE and CBP for Fiscal Year 2022 and continued to commit violent anti-Black attacks that were pillars of the Trump administration’s white nationalist agenda. Following the horrific photos that surfaced yesterday of violence against Haitian migrants at the hands of […]
