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Silky Shah

Executive Director, Detention Watch Network

Silky Shah is the executive director of Detention Watch Network, a national coalition building power to abolish immigration detention in the US. She is also the author of the recently published book, Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition (Haymarket Books, 2024) and has been working as an organizer on issues related to racial and migrant justice for over twenty years.
Politics

Trump’s Mass Deportations Are Coming. Here’s What We Can Do.

This moment calls for action.
Politics

Our Immigrant Detention System Shows Why We Need Prison Abolition

"The US immigration enforcement system and the prison industrial complex are not separate, but are intertwined systems of repression."
Immigration

How to Shut Down ICE Detention in Your Community

The Detention Watch Network explains.