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FIVE THINGS THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION CAN DO IMMEDIATELY TO ADDRESS DHS RETALIATION AGAINST ORGANIZERS AND PROTESTERS
Posted on Feb 06 2021
ILCM joined 80 organizations across the country in a letter to President Biden asking for protection for immigrant rights organizers, leaders, and journalists, who were targeted by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under the Trump administration.
“From surveilling protests against family separation, arresting and deploying drones on Black Lives Matter and uprising protesters, to deporting immigrant activists who speak out about ICE abuse, DHS has weaponized immigration enforcement to punish those who speak out against injustice. This is not an isolated problem, but part of a broader history of government suppression of social movements and dissent through incarceration, deportation, and mass surveillance.
“The survival of our social movements and the right to organize is at stake. Immigrant organizers and leaders have been at the forefront of various movements for human rights, labor rights, police accountability, environmental justice, and need protection from retaliation.”