ICE Protest Tool Launched to 'Crowd Cancel' New Facilities

Source: Newsweek

Published Apr 24, 2026 at 09:02 AM EDT updated Apr 24, 2026 at 10:50 AM EDT


A new tool to "crowd cancel" Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities before they open was launched by a former Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official this week.

Miles Taylor, who was chief of staff at DHS during the first Trump administration and authored an anonymous 2018 op-ed that was sharply critical of the president, has launched GTFOICE.org—which stands for Get the Facilities Out, ICE—to help Americans find out about and protest proposed facilities amid DHS's expansion of detention centers to house immigrants.

"We want to make sure that the moment that ICE decides to open up a new prison camp, that local communities immediately have the chance to weigh in and to stop it," Taylor told Newsweek. "This sweeping expansion of ICE facilities around the country has been done in secret. People have been finding out late in the game that ICE has purchased multimillion-dollar warehouses and they're turning those warehouses into detention camps," he added.

When asked for comment, a DHS spokesperson told Newsweek, "Where are the protests on behalf of the victims of criminal illegal aliens, including Rachel Morin, Laken Riley, Jocelyn Nungaray, and Sheridan Gorman?". The White House has also been contacted for comment via email. Nationwide protests against ICE's plans to expand detention facilities are set to take place on Saturday.

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