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National Homelessness Law Center
Changing Laws, Changing Lives! We are the only national legal group dedicated to preventing and ending homelessness.
Why should you care about what’s happening in Utah? Because this is a test, and part of a plan to build a mass network of detention camps—for homeless people, immigrants, and anyone else the administration views as disposable—all across the country. ![]()
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You may have heard about Palantir working with the federal government to use billions of taxpayer dollars to build ICE detention camps all over the country. Well, it’s all connected. ![]()
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Utah is trying to get the federal government to pay for this inhumane proposal, and we have the power to stop them. Visit bit.ly/nodetentioncamps to take action now. #HousingNotHandcuffs
Officials in Pittsfield, MA are standing up for homeless residents. The Board of Health is advising AGAINST bans on sleeping outside--instead, it recommends a community response program that actually connects individuals with resources. ![]()
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"We believe that a public health and a continued thoughtful community outreach plan will provide the best chance at addressing the challenge of homelessness in our community," the plan reads. #HousingNotHandcuffs.
Pittsfield Health Board Advises Outreach Program
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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Board of Health is advising against a public camping ordinance. Instead, it recommends an alternative community response program that connects unhoused...
Utah is trying to build a massive, taxpayer-funded detention camp. "Why should you care about this, even if you don’t live in Utah? Well it’s because this proposal is kind of a test, and they want to take it and export it to states across the nation," - Rep. Maxwell Frost![]()
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Utah’s homeless detention camp proposal has garnered national attention as a response to an executive order issued by Trump last year.![]()
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That executive order encourages states and cities to displace unhoused people and force them into institutions. Trump’s order also called for ending funding support for proven housing-based solutions to homelessness.![]()
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National groups including the Law Center have condemned the order as enacting “backwards, expensive and ineffective policies that make homelessness worse” while directing states to “treat homelessness and mental illness as a crime.” ![]()
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Eleanor Menlove, director of policy at the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah, expressed concerns with Utah’s homeless campus proposal because it “undermines civil rights in a way we haven’t seen in a long time.” Trump’s executive order, she said, “tries to reshape the legal landscape around expanding civil commitment, which obviously undermines due process.”
utahnewsdispatch.com
National homelessness advocates and Democratic members of Congress aimed criticisms in a new campaign called “Housing Not Handcuffs.”
Utah wants to take funding away from programs that solve homelessness and instead build a massive, government-run, taxpayer-funded detention camp. This is an inhumane and expensive approach that will not solve homelessness—it will only make it worse. The compassionate solution to homelessness is housing and supportive services—not handcuffs and detention camps. Take action to help stop Utah’s cruel plans: housingnothandcuffs.org/nodetentioncamps/
Much of our anti-ICE resources can be applied not just to homeless service providers, but businesses and workplaces as well. As ICE and the Trump admin continue to terrorize communities across the country, we will continue doing everything we can to help protect and defend our neighbors, no matter what. ![]()
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Our comprehensive anti-ICE resource hub includes:![]()
- Guidance for homeless service providers and shelters on what to do before, during, and after a raid, including how to identify important information like different types of warrants and how to document interaction with feds![]()
- Downloadable Know Your Rights cards specifically made for homeless folks![]()
- Downloadable KYR posters in multiple languages![]()
- Messaging guidance from Housing Narrative Lab![]()
ICE Raid Resources - Housing Not Handcuffs
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View ICE raids resources, including what to do before, during, and after a raid, know your rights materials, messaging guidance and more.
