National Day of Action Against ICE Warehouse Detention Announced for April 25: 150+ Events in 33 States

On April 24, 2026, Axios reported on an imminent national day of action organized by the Detention Watch Network, Disappeared in America, Indivisible, and allied organizations, scheduled for April 25. Over 150 events were confirmed across at least 33 states, focused on opposing the Trump administration's plan to convert industrial warehouses into mass immigration detention centers. The DHS warehouse expansion plan targets a 100,000+ bed detention capacity — up from the current ~60,000 — by acquiring or converting approximately 23 warehouses nationwide, each designed to hold between 1,500 and 10,000 people. The $38 billion detention expansion initiative, first reported by Bloomberg in January 2026, has faced community resistance: activists had already blocked 13 proposed warehouse conversions across the country by April 2026. The April 25 national day of action was a direct response to what advocates call a growing 'gulag network.' Protests were planned in Rochester, NY; Madison, WI; Rockland, ME; Spokane, WA; Flagstaff, AZ; Mesa, AZ; Surprise, AZ; and dozens of other cities. Key demands from organizers: visible, public opposition to ICE detention expansion before DHS can 'quietly expand detention capacity without public awareness'; elected officials to use every tool available to disrupt conversion permits and deny public funding enabling detention expansion.