Protesters Interrupt Biden’s Speech To Call for the End To Detention Centers and ICE
President Joe Biden’s speech was interrupted by protesters calling on him to end detention centers and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). During a rally to mark his 100th day in office, Biden was expressing his…
President Joe Biden’s speech was interrupted by protesters calling on him to end detention centers and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
During a rally to mark his 100th day in office, Biden was expressing his appreciation to the people of Georgia when protesters began shouting “end detention now” and “abolish ICE.”
Biden responded on Thursday, “I agree with you. I’m working on it, man. Give me another five days.”
He added, “There should be no private prisons, period. None. period. That’s what they’re talking about, private detention centers, they should not exist and we are working to close all of them.”
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A week into his presidency, Biden signed an executive order directing the Justice Department to reject renewing contracts with privately-operated, for-profit prisons.
“More than two million people are currently incarcerated in the United States, including a disproportionate number of people of color,” the order reads.
It continues, “There is broad consensus that our current system of mass incarceration imposes significant costs and hardships on our society and communities and does not make us safer.”