On Tuesday, allegations of violent abuse against immigrants at an ICE detention center in Georgia emerged, providing information that would have gone unpunished had a brave whistleblower not come forward. The details coming out of the facility are horrifying: beyond refusing to test and treat patients for coronavirus, the complaint details stories of a doctor performing hysterectomies on detained women, effectively sterilizing them, with little to no explanation.
If you’re as outraged as we are, tweet at your members of Congress and demand these three things.
- Demand your senators and representative publicly call for an immediate on-the-ground investigation by the Office of Inspector General. They need to be loud and unapologetic since the OIG has said ICE detention facilities are too unsafe for them to enter.
- Demand your senators and representative publicly call for the immediate closure of the Irwin Detention Center. Period.
- Tell your representative that when the House votes on the continuing resolution next week, they must REJECT the request for extra money for US Customs and Border Patrol (CBP). Remember: the Department of Homeland Security still has the ability to move money around, so ALL the pieces of the anti-immigrant enforcement machine are linked.
Once you’ve stormed their social media accounts, make calls to their offices and demand the same three key pieces. Click here to make your calls and keep calling until our demands are met
