Official Daily Action for Wednesday, December 17th, 2025
Our homegrown leaders, U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) and Adam Smith (WA-09), very recently reintroduced this Act into the national legislative.
What’s happening vs. What the bill calls for:
Private, for-profit detention centers –> Phasing out corporate involvement
Automatic detention–> Due process
Family detentions–> Bans family detentions
Inhumane living conditions –> Oversight, transparency, humane detention
Mass detention/incarceration –> Community-based, just alternatives

ACTION: Write your member of congress to thank them for this bill and let them know you stand with them.

Representatives
Representative Jayapal: https://jayapal.house.gov/contact/email/
Representative Smith: https://adamsmith.house.gov/contact

Script:

Subject: Please support the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act

Dear Representative [Jayapal/Smith],Thank you for introducing the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act. We support your efforts to replace for-profit detention centers, mandatory detention, and widespread abuses with common-sense, humane reform.

Please continue stand on the side of justice, fairness, and humanity.

Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]

Senators
Senator Murray: https://www.murray.senate.gov/write-to-patty/
Senator Cantwell: https://www.cantwell.senate.gov/contact/email

Script:
Subject: Please support the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act

Dear Senator [Murray/Cantwell],

I urge you to support the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act. Our immigration-detention system currently relies heavily on for-profit detention centers, mandatory detention, and has documented widespread abuses — from overcrowding and lack of medical care to detaining children and entire families.

This bill is a common-sense, humane reform:
● It phases out private, for-profit detention centers, eliminating the profit motive for incarceration.
● It repeals mandatory detention and establishes a presumption of release — especially for primary caregivers and vulnerable individuals like children, asylum seekers, and pregnant women.
● It prohibits the detention of families and children.
● It mandates enforceable civil-detention standards, regular unannounced inspections, and gives Congress oversight authority.
● Rather than fueling mass detention, the Dignity for Detained Immigrants Act invests in community-based alternatives that respect human dignity while protecting public safety.

Please stand on the side of justice, fairness, and humanity — and support this bill.

Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
[Your Name]

BONUS: Sign up for January 25th Resistance Lab with Rep. Jayapal

BACKGROUND:
Jayapal, Smith Introduce Legislation to End Inhumane Immigration Detention Conditions – Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal