Annie Comes Home: $1 = $5 today ONLY

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

$1 = $5 today ONLY

Pamela,

The number of people being held in immigration detention has reached a record high. From notorious federal prisons to local jails and even hotels and airports, the facilities where they are being detained are overcrowded and dangerous and fail to meet people's basic needs.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) rarely shares accurate or complete data on the people it detains, enabling its multi-billion-dollar system to operate with almost no oversight.

As a critical part of our fight to defend immigrants' rights, Vera researchers are uncovering the truth and exposing how the United States immigration system puts profits and politics over people.

Here's how you can help: $35. That's how much we're asking you to chip in this Giving Tuesday. Thanks to a rare 5X match opportunity, your gift today will go FIVE TIMES as far to ensure all people are treated with dignity.

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This summer, our research team released our ICE Detention Trends dashboard, empowering the public to see a detailed picture of ICE detention. Here's what we found:

Local jails are the most common type of facility used by ICE.

The Trump administration has restarted family detention—a cruel practice halted during the Biden administration. Two Texas facilities now detain thousands of minors and parents, and two more centers are scheduled to open by year's end.

Since the start of President Trump's second term, ICE has increasingly used mega-detention centers run by for-profit prison corporations.

The scale of ICE detention is staggering, but change is possible when we act together. With your support, Vera will continue to expose the truth, hold systems accountable, and fight for an end to mass incarceration in all its forms.

Today only, every dollar you give will be multiplied five times to fuel Vera's fight for dignity, transparency, and justice.