Inside the Growing Movement to Abolish ICE and Shut Down Detention Centers

Adam Baumel is an organizer and advocate of the Neighbors Not Numbers grassroots coalition spearheading the Abolish ICE Pledge, a pressure campaign that tracks which House and Senate candidates have publicly committed to abolishing ICE. Baumel explains why abolishing ICE is a moderate position supported by a majority of the public and how the pledge creates real accountability for politicians who often say one thing while voting another. He shares what is happening inside ICE detention centers, including hunger strikes, medical neglect, and forced labor, and he connects the fight to abolish ICE with the broader need to shift the Overton window on immigration back toward justice. Baumel also discusses how the organization is building its infrastructure, how people can look up their federal legislators by zip code, and how signing the petition helps demonstrate local support to elected officials. To learn more or get involved, visit triplenc.org.instagram.com/abolish_ice_pledgeSupport  and follow the podcast:thepowerlesspod.cominstagram.com/thepowerlesspodtitkok.com/@thepowerlesspod