"The Penalty is Exile” is an audio documentary that explores the history and current reality of immigration enforcement. The detention and deportation of immigrants is enabled through a government program called “Secure Communities” or SComm, which links the criminal justice system to the deportation system. Produced by Cory Fischer-Hoffman and the Prison Voices Project.

Click here to download "The All-in-One Guide to Defeating ICE Hold Requests," produced by The National Immigration Project, the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, the Immigrant Defense Project, the Washington Defenders Association, and the National Immigration Law Center. The Guide to Defeating ICE Hold Requests is a manual for communities to understand how immigration enforcement works, and to engage with local law enforcement and policy-makers to pass laws and policies against hold requests. It includes organizing suggestions, details about ICE hold requests and how they work, legal and policy analyses, messaging advice, and sample materials.