East Bay congressman says he would fight hard to stop Dublin prison from turning into ICE detention center

Protestors fear this empty N.J. jail could become Trump’s next deportation facility

Immigrant rights activists on Thursday demonstrated their opposition to a proposal to sell the Union County Jail, a plan they fear would lead to a second federal immigration detention center in Elizabeth.

California Faith Leaders Condemn Plans to Reopen Dublin Prison as ICE Jail

In California, faith leaders and community members gathered Wednesday to protest Trump’s plans to turn the notorious, now-shuttered Dublin women’s prison — dubbed the “rape club” — into an ICE detention center. This is Rev. Deborah Lee. Rev. Deborah Lee: “He’s trying to get billions of dollars to go towards the Department of Homeland Security for ICE operations, to move people, to arrest people, to detain people and to deport people. We all know…

East Bay congressman says he would fight hard to stop Dublin prison from turning into ICE detention center

U.S. Rep. Mark Desaulnier (D-Concord) met with his constituents on Wednesday night in a town hall to address concerns on topics including immigration and the possibility of turning a notorious federal women's prison into an immigration detention center.

Leaders of different religions and activists gathered on Wednesday outside the federal women’s prison in Dublin, which closed its doors last year, to ask that ICE not reopen these facilities. According to other media reports, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency would consider using the federal prison as a detention center. “I ask ICE to open its heart to compassion and mercy because we are all human and it is important to treat everyo…