Between the years 2021 and 2024, the Biden administration has rapidly created and expanded initiatives that massively expand surveillance and control of immigrant communities who are not detained in physical cages. The Alternatives to Detention Program, also known as ISAP, is a major arm of these initiatives, but not the only one. Hundreds of thousands of people are controlled by this program and the Biden administration threatens to control millions more through the creation of programs like the Release and Reporting Management Program. This zine was created by the people closest to the issue – directly impacted communities and grassroots community organizers. It adapts real life stories of struggle, isolation, politicization, and organizing efforts.
Read MoreThe guide provides an analysis on the use of immigration bond as a limited tactical intervention that organizers use to free as many people as possible from detention, but not a solution (nor a system we are trying to improve) to end immigration detention.
Read MoreFor guides and training materials on immigration bond funds, email network@communityjusticeexchange.org.
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