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OF ALL 3 MASS GOP CANDIDATES ENDORSING TRUMP ICE GESTAPO ACTIONS
WITHOUT ANY CONDEMNATION OF ICE GESTAPO ABUSE, UNCONSTITUTIONAL
ACTS SUCH AS BREAKING INTO HOMES WITHOUT WARRANTS, NUMEROUUS
DOCUMENTED ASSAULTS, ABUSE, INJURIES, KILLINGS AND WAREHOUSING
PEOPLE IN INHUMANE FACILITIES!
ICE’s $38.3 billion warehouse prison plan THIS IS IRRATIONAL! 70,000 PEOPLE IN INHUMANE CONDITIONSApril 24, 2026
THIS WEEKEND, MASS GOP are holding their event....will ANYONE ask for the THUTH?
ICE’s $38.3 billion warehouse prison plan
February 21, 2026
WHY ARE WE DETAINING 70,000 PEOPLE WHO COULD BE WORKING, SUPPORTING
THEIR FAMILIES, CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR COMMUNITIES?
ICE GESTAPO HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE HAVE NO CRIMINAL RECORDS!
MAGA REPUBLICANS HAVE OPPOSED NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS TO CREATE A PATHWAY TO CITIZENSHIP AND ICE GESTAPO HAVE INTERUPTED AND PREVENTED CITIZENSHIP CEREMONIES!
HOW DOES THIS MAKE SENSE?
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Trump’s violent ICE forces currently imprison over 70,000 people — a record number.1 ICE prisons like Alligator Alcatraz and Camp East Montana run on abuse, inhumane conditions, and cruelty. Lawmakers have even called Alligator Alcatraz an internment camp.2
Now, ICE wants to spend $38.3 billion to buy up warehouses and turn them into mega-prisons. The plan would allow the agency to detain tens of thousands more people in its horrific detention centers.3
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has already purchased a giant complex the size of seven football fields in Phoenix, an old Big Lots warehouse in Pennsylvania, and a building equal to 640,000 sq. ft. in San Antonio.4,5 Congress must stop this rapid, dangerous expansion.
In some areas where DHS has purchased warehouse buildings, local communities and lawmakers are putting up fierce opposition — from Phoenix to the Philadelphia suburbs.6,7
And Congress recently refused to fund DHS because of ICE’s lawless arrests, detention, and deportations.
Trump’s authoritarian dragnet is taking people away from their families and communities, and throwing them into torture prisons. Congress must end this abuse and stop ICE’s prison expansion plan.
Thanks for taking action,
Joey and the Demand Progress team
Sources:
- NBC News, “ICE plans to build mega warehouses for immigration detention spark growing concern,” February 5, 2026.
- USA Today, “'Help me!' Democrats decry 'vile' conditions at 'Alligator Alcatraz' immigrant prison,” July 14, 2025.
- Reuters, “ICE to spend $38.3 billion on detention centers across US, document shows,” February 13, 2026.
- The Guardian, “ICE holds people in disgusting conditions. Now it’s turning warehouses into camps,” February 17, 2026.
- CBS 21, “Petition started to stop planned Pennsylvania ICE 'Mega-Center' after DHS purchase,” February 9, 2026.
- Ibid.
- The Marshall Project, “ICE Is Buying Warehouses. Communities Are Fighting Back.” February 14, 2026.
MEDICAID SLASHED TO FUND ICE GESTAPO IN BIG BEAUTIFUL DISASTER
BILL! NOW WAREHOUSES?
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Thanks to you, the Senate has rejected more funding for ICE without critical reforms to end the inhumane and unconstitutional attacks on our communities. Body-worn cameras and training of ICE agents aren’t enough. We demand justice and accountability. Just this year, ICE and CBP have shot and killed people in our streets while last year more people died in ICE custody than in more than 20 years. Meanwhile, ICE is using its massive infusion of tens of billions of dollars from last year’s Big Brutal Bill to buy up warehouses across the country and convert them into detention centers.1
Instead of more money for ICE cruelty, we’re demanding ICE be held accountable and that Congress rescind and reallocate ICE funding toward critical human needs, including health care, nutrition, and housing. Already, we’ve sent hundreds of thousands of messages to Congress, demanding not another dime for ICE cruelty. We’re holding corporations accountable that are enabling ICE violence and surveillance. We’re demanding ICE stay out of sensitive areas such as schools, hospitals, and houses of worship.
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How the 3 major Republican candidates for Massachusetts governor say they'd deal with Trump
From left to right, gubernatorial candidates Mike Minogue, Brian Shortsleeve and Mike Kennealy. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)
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It's a leave-early kind of Tuesday. The 2026 election is more than 11 months away. But today we're taking Massachusetts' simmering Republican gubernatorial primary race off the back burner for a closer look.
The elephants in the room: Three well-funded Republicans have launched campaigns to challenge incumbent Democratic Gov. Maura Healey next year. And as WBUR’s Chris Van Buskirk reports, a key focus of the race is how the state’s governor should deal with President Trump. The Trump administration has hit Massachusetts with a series of ICE raids, yanked permits for green energy projects, battled with local universities and undermined major economic sectors like biotech via federal policy changes and funding cuts. In response, Healey has used her office to push back hard on Trump. But what if it was a fellow Republican leading the state? In a series of interviews, Chris asked all three GOP candidates how they'd manage the rocky Trump-Massachusetts relationship.
- Brian Shortsleeve, a Trump supporter and venture capitalist who ran the MBTA under former Gov. Charlie Baker, blames Healey for what he calls "political grandstanding." "She has national ambitions," he said. "She continues to poke the president in the eye. I don't think that's good for Massachusetts." Shortsleeve declined to say what if any blame goes to Trump for federal cutbacks that have hurt local residents. But he suggested "we'd all be a lot better off" if the governor flew to Washington, D.C., to "sit down with this president and do a deal."
- Mike Kennealy, who served as Baker's housing and economic development secretary, isn't exactly a Trump supporter; he said he didn't vote for president in last year's election. But he argues for a similar approach as Shortsleeve when it comes to Trump. "No governor in any state at any time, no matter who is president, would be in favor of funding leaving their state — in no circumstance," Kennealy said. "I would go down to Washington and make the case for why people should invest in Massachusetts, OK? And if funding does get cut, I would figure out a plan with people here on how to address it."
- Michael Minogue, the latest candidate to enter the race, is a former biotech executive and mega-donor who has given to both Democrats and Republicans, including Trump. "I don't think we want a governor that antagonizes either political party," Minogue said. But he made a point of saying he'd stand up for certain local interests like biotech. "The president did not exempt the life sciences, medical devices industry from the tariffs. I disagree with that," he said. "We have to protect this industry, and that's the kind of governor I'll be. I'll protect the industries. Same thing with the defense industry or fishing."
- Healey, for her part, has visited Washington multiple times, including to meet with officials in the Trump administration. But she has also continued to criticize the president. "I think the Trump administration continues to make moves that are not consistent with growing the American economy, putting America first, making America more competitive," Healey said at the State House last week.
Hit the play button atop the page to hear more from Chris' conversations with the candidates or click the following links to read the full interviews: Brian Shortsleeve, Mike Kennealy, Michael Minogue.
P.S.— Unlike the Republican gubernatorial candidates, one local politician is not super interested in dealmaking with Trump: Boston Mayor Michelle Wu. Asked about New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's recent cordial meeting with Trump, Wu said yesterday that she's not interested in "flattery" or "a bromance with the federal regime." WBUR's Eve Zuckoff has more on Wu's response to the meeting here.
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