An activist who carries the hashtag “Abolish borders” on her Twitter profile said she had met with the acting head of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Tuesday.
“Yesterday I met with the new ICE Chief of Staff [Michael Lumpkin] make clear our demands for a world without ICE detentions and a future where all people can live freely with the support of their community and loved ones, not behind bars while navigating their immigration cases,” wrote Setareh Ghandehari, advocacy director of Detention Monitoring Network.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement Building in Washington, DC (Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images/File)
According to its website, Detention Watch Network describes itself as a “national coalition building power through collective advocacy, grassroots organizing, and strategic communications to abolish immigration detention in the United States.”
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In a Twitter thread, Ghandehari called on the Biden administration to close detention centers like Torrane, Winn and Adelanto “that have exemplified a totally irreparable process.” [sic] and unnecessary detention system that must be completely abolished.
He accused the president of reneging on his promises of a “humane immigration system.”
Fox News Digital reached out to ICE and Ghandehari for details on the outcome of the meeting.
Migrants wait to enter the United States from Juárez, Mexico. (Fox News Digital / Jon Michael Raasch / Archive)
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The meeting came as negotiators finalized part of the bipartisan agreement. border agreement and sent it to the Senate Appropriations Committee to see how the new policies would be funded.
But the anticipated cost exceeds the $14 billion allocated by President Biden's supplemental national security request for the border, lawmakers said.
Fox News' Jamie Joseph contributed to this report.
