Deportations soared under Obama; Trump intensified oppression of immigrant communities. Advocates and organizers look to the Biden administration to reshape immigration policy, especially the immigration enforcement infrastructure. There are increased calls for the abolition of ICE and elimination of the practice of imprisoning immigrants — significant features of the prison-industrial complex. We will examine how abolition of detention would functionally end deportation. This panel discussion on Friday, October 8, at 1:00 p.m. ET is occurring as part of the Netroots Nation 2021 Conference.

Speakers

Jamila Hammami

Khury Petersen-Smith

Fabio Rojas, Virginia L. Roberts professor of sociology at Indiana University, Bloomington

Samah Sisay, Center for Constitutional Rights Bertha Justice Fellow

Moderated by Adrianna Torres-García, Program Coordinator at Free Migration Project