People, Not Storage: How to Stop a Detention Warehouse

People, Not Storage: How to Stop a Detention Warehouse

Spend just a minute with us on a few strategies that have and are working to resist new prisons, jails, and detention centers.

Spend just a minute with us on a few strategies that have and are working to resist new prisons, jails, and detention centers.

Resources

Our insights and analysis

Ending Work Authorization for Asylum Seekers Will Cost Billions

Ending Work Authorization for Asylum Seekers Will Cost Billions

The proposed asylum work permit rule would drive up inflation, sacrifice billions in lost tax revenue, and create chaos in major industries....

Temporary Protected Status protects families while also boosting the U.S. economy

Temporary Protected Status protects families while also boosting the U.S. economy

Newly updated analysis finds that TPS helps protect hundreds of thousands of families while also filling worker gaps in the U.S. workforce....

April 21, 2026
"Force Multiplier"

"Force Multiplier"

Learn how ICE is promising billions to local law enforcement to expand its reach in dangerous ways.

“They Just Denied Me”: Parole Stories and Case Studies

“They Just Denied Me”: Parole Stories and Case Studies

New policy brief and video series show how parole systems fail to give incarcerated people a fair chance at release and highlight...

We Can't Afford It: Mass Incarceration and the Family Tax

We Can't Afford It: Mass Incarceration and the Family Tax

Our new groundbreaking report, We Can’t Afford It: Mass Incarceration and the Family Tax, reveals how families are being locked out of...

Mapping the Undocumented & Temporary Status Populations

Mapping the Undocumented & Temporary Status Populations

Understanding current undocumented and temporarily protected populations in the United States

Ending Work Authorization for Asylum Seekers Will Cost Billions

Ending Work Authorization for Asylum Seekers Will Cost Billions

The proposed asylum work permit rule would drive up inflation, sacrifice billions in lost tax revenue, and create chaos in major industries....

Temporary Protected Status protects families while also boosting the U.S. economy

Temporary Protected Status protects families while also boosting the U.S. economy

Newly updated analysis finds that TPS helps protect hundreds of thousands of families while also filling worker gaps in the U.S. workforce....

April 21, 2026
"Force Multiplier"

"Force Multiplier"

Learn how ICE is promising billions to local law enforcement to expand its reach in dangerous ways.

“They Just Denied Me”: Parole Stories and Case Studies

“They Just Denied Me”: Parole Stories and Case Studies

New policy brief and video series show how parole systems fail to give incarcerated people a fair chance at release and highlight...

We Can't Afford It: Mass Incarceration and the Family Tax

We Can't Afford It: Mass Incarceration and the Family Tax

Our new groundbreaking report, We Can’t Afford It: Mass Incarceration and the Family Tax, reveals how families are being locked out of...

Mapping the Undocumented & Temporary Status Populations

Mapping the Undocumented & Temporary Status Populations

Understanding current undocumented and temporarily protected populations in the United States

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FWD.us Statement on Fifth Circuit’s Decision to Allow Texas SB 4 Immigration Enforcement Law

AUSTIN, TX – Zaira Garcia, Regional Government Relations Director at FWD.us, issued the following statement today in response to the Fifth Circuit...

April 24, 2026

FWD.us and Georgia Chamber of Commerce Host Georgia Business Leaders to Discuss Protecting America’s Workforce

Leaders from Georgia’s business and legal communities joined FWD.us and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce in Atlanta to discuss immigrants’ vital role...

April 23, 2026

New FWD.us Report Highlights Economic Contributions of TPS Holders and Stakes of Termination Efforts

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, FWD.us released a new report detailing the economic contributions of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders and the significant consequences of efforts...

April 21, 2026

FWD.us Statement on Fifth Circuit’s Decision to Allow Texas SB 4 Immigration Enforcement Law

AUSTIN, TX – Zaira Garcia, Regional Government Relations Director at FWD.us, issued the following statement today in response to the Fifth Circuit...

April 24, 2026

FWD.us and Georgia Chamber of Commerce Host Georgia Business Leaders to Discuss Protecting America’s Workforce

Leaders from Georgia’s business and legal communities joined FWD.us and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce in Atlanta to discuss immigrants’ vital role...

April 23, 2026

New FWD.us Report Highlights Economic Contributions of TPS Holders and Stakes of Termination Efforts

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, FWD.us released a new report detailing the economic contributions of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) holders and the significant consequences of efforts...

April 21, 2026