Verizon is helping power a system of detention, deportation, and abuse. Through a 10-year, $176 million contract with the Department of Homeland Security, Verizon provides communications infrastructure to DHS agencies, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This partnership ties Verizon’s profits directly to immigration detention and enforcement.

Inside ICE and CBP detention facilities, abuse is well-documented and ongoing. Investigations have exposed physical and sexual violence against detained people, including pregnant women and children, along with medical neglect and dangerous conditions. People continue to die in ICE custody, with multiple deaths reported in the first days of 2026 alone. These are not isolated incidents. They are the predictable result of a system built on cruelty and neglect.

Instead of addressing these abuses, DHS has worked to block accountability. Members of Congress have been denied access to detention facilities, preventing oversight and keeping conditions hidden from public view. When transparency is denied, abuse is allowed to continue. Verizon’s continued collaboration helps sustain this secrecy.

There is nothing neutral about providing technology and services to agencies responsible for detention deaths and widespread human rights violations. Verizon cannot claim social responsibility while enabling ICE operations that cage, surveil, and harm immigrant communities.

This must stop now. Verizon must end its collaboration with ICE and withdraw from contracts that support detention and deportation. Every day this partnership continues, more people are put at risk. Tell Verizon to stop profiting from abuse and choose human rights over harm.