Artists Demand ICE Detention Center Shutdown

Celebrities Unite: Demanding End to ICE Family Detention Center in Dilley, Texas

A group of prominent artists, including Madonna, John Legend, and Gracie Abrams, have joined forces to demand the closure of the ICE family detention center in Dilley, Texas. The open letter, posted on March 30th through Change.org, highlights the traumatic conditions faced by children in the facility, such as poor food, water, medical care, and family separations. The letter, signed by artists like Billy Porter, Kesha, and Sara Bareilles, argues that these centers violate basic human rights and calls for the release of families back to their communities. The petition has already gained over 4,000 signatures, with fans and activists joining the cause. This move is part of a growing wave of celebrity activism against ICE, following similar actions by Olivia Rodrigo and Tyler the Creator. The Dilley facility holds most of the parents and children ICE has detained recently, with over 2,300 children taken into custody in the first year of Trumps second term. The call to end child detention is gaining momentum, with kids needing schools and playgrounds, not cages.

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