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Communities Not Cages
2026-04-25 | National
The Department of Homeland Security has been quietly converting warehouses into industrial detention camps to hold and disappear our immigrant neighbors and community members. The decision to target vulnerable groups and warehouse human beings comes straight out of the authoritarian playbook.
Trump’s mass detention agenda is cruel, inhumane, and a threat to all of our rights — and Indivisible is fighting back.
On April 25, we’re joining with coalition leaders from the Detention Watch Network and Disappeared in America for a nationwide day of action — and we need your help to make it as big and successful as possible.
Immigrant-led organizations and local activists have been opposing detention expansion for years — and there are already significant wins in this fight. By the latest count, local activists have stopped 13 proposed warehouse conversions across the country.
But many more warehouses are being proposed — and there’s a lot more work to do. Together, we can block more sites from being built. We can hold DHS accountable for what’s happening at existing facilities. We can make Trump’s detention agenda too politically toxic to sustain. But this only works if we all play our part.
If you’re ready to take action, click here to view the Communities Not Cages map and find an event near you. Or read on, to learn more about the day of action, how to host your own event, and other ways to get involved.
Our goals and demands
The Communities Not Cages Day of Action is about building a nationwide, coordinated effort to oppose the Trump regime’s mass detention agenda. Together, we’ll:

Show visible, public opposition to ICE detention expansion. DHS has been hoping it can quietly expand detention capacity and warehouse human beings without the public hearing about it. It’s up to us to raise the alarm, and mobilize our communities in opposition.
Demand that our elected officials join the fight. We need our local electeds to use every tool they have to disrupt the conversion and construction of detention camps in our communities. They must reject any public funding, permits, or resources that enable detention expansion.
Build connections with other activists in your community. There may be groups in your area who are already engaged in this work and can help you plug in. If not, you probably have neighbors who are just as concerned as you and are also looking for ways to take action. April 25 is your chance to find those connections and build the resistance in your community.

How you can join the fight
1) Find an event near you on April 25. There are events spread across the country including rallies and protests outside proposed and existing detention warehouses. Register for an event, and invite your friends and neighbors to join you.
2) Volunteer to host your own event. If there are no events near you, the host toolkit will help you organize one in your own community. Whether or not there’s a proposed warehouse location near you, there’s a role for everyone in this fight and we need as many people taking action on April 25 as possible.
3) Check out our resource page for a full breakdown of the Communities Not Cages Day of Action and the broader campaign to oppose Trump’s detention agenda. This page will have everything you need to get started: event toolkits, FAQs, know your rights resources, recorded trainings, and tools to find existing or proposed detention warehouses near you.
In solidarity,
Indivisible Team
