Official Daily Action for Friday, March 13th, 2026
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is spending millions on warehouses they plan to repurpose as ICE detention “mega-centers” to hold as many as 10,000 human beings per warehouse. Draft layouts show “pods” in which individuals are to be held, each pod crammed tightly against the next. The risks and trauma inherent to such crowding almost don’t bear mentioning — because to do so suggests a world in which there is a good way to warehouse human beings. There isn’t.
Across the country, concerned Americans have already shown they’re unwilling to sit by as these new concentration camps are built and filled. Instead, they’ve been fighting back and winning — even in some deep red districts. In Utah, Minnesota, and Oklahoma, from Marshall County, MS to Hanover County, VA, grassroots pressure has swayed politicians and property owners, successfully preventing the sale of commercial spaces to DHS.
Some progressive politicians have joined the fight, and the growing backlash has scared even a few Republicans into opposing the purchase of these properties by DHS — at least, in their own backyards — while putting everyone else, even the most loyal MAGA elected officials, on the defensive. Which makes this the perfect time to go on offense.
ACTION:
Email all your Members of Congress now and tell them you expect them to do everything in their power to block the warehousing of humans.
Then use our call tools to:
• Tell your senators: No ICE warehouses in Washington.
• Tell your representative: The constituents of WA-07 reject ICE concentration camps.
BACKGROUND:
How ICE Plans to Put 8,500 Immigrants in This Warehouse – NY Times
Experts say the initial designs raise health, safety and security concerns.
Byhalia ICE Facility Plans Ditched Amid Mississippi Opposition, Wicker Says – Mississippi Free Press
A proposed ICE detention facility that would have held 8,500 immigrants in a warehouse in Byhalia, Mississippi, won’t happen, Sen. Roger Wicker says.
Canadian company says Virginia warehouse sale to ICE won’t proceed – AP News
A Canadian company has decided not to sell a Virginia warehouse to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
