On July 18th, 2017, the ACLU joined this letter to the House Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee, urging them to oppose Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)’s June 30th request for a reprogramming of funds to cover detention costs for the remainder of Fiscal Year 2017. This request came only weeks after Congress passed the FY2017 Omnibus Appropriations bill that already provided a 10.4% increase for detention funding compared to the previous year. Given the grave concerns about detention conditions and the Trump Administration’s plans to dispense with the governing national standards for some detention facilities, a further increase in funding will jeopardize lives.