Amplify and Abolish Campaign

Thank you for supporting our Amplify and Abolish Campaign. Our goal is to shut down Stewart Detention Center and abolish immigration detention. Funds raised through this campaign will be used to run campaigns in partnership with Georgia Detention Watch, Detention Watch Network, and other partner organizations committed to shutting down SDC and ending immigration detention. Your gift will go toward technology and printing expenses, and, most importantly, toward the salary of an experienced organizer.

In addition to advocating for the closure of SDC and the abolishment of immigration detention, our trained advocacy team works one-on-one with people at SDC to support them in advocating for their release and amplifying their voices. This work has resulted in several people getting released and getting access to much-needed surgeries and medical care. 

During a speech in Duluth, Ga. in March, President Joe Biden was interrupted by activists who demanded he cancel contracts with for-profit prison companies that operate immigration detention centers. President Biden said the following: "There should be no private prisons. None. That's what they're talking about. Private detention centers, they should not exist. And we are working to close all of them." 

We must hold President Biden accountable and push him to honor his word and shut down Stewart Detention Center, which is privately owned and operated. El Refugio opposes all immigration detention centers, including those that are operated by government agencies. We must push for an end to the immigration detention system, which is rife with abuse and exploitation at is core and wholly unnecessary. 

Thank you!