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Adam Baumel

Adam Baumel

Organizer and President of Neighbors Not Numbers Coalition, advocate for abolishing ICE detention centers

Jun 8, 2026

BrandonHOST
20:43
But what's kind of been your sense? What have you is is it that you're primarily reaching out or speaking with, you know, insurgent candidates? Is it have you talked to and like kind of what's been the response from from politicians or from kind of the electoral sphere with with this kind of pledge that you're putting out there to their their teams and things of that nature?
21:04
So it does kind of go against, I guess, what you might say is my own personal interests, not personal interests.
21:10
And I want to make sure I explain this properly because that probably is a weird way to say that.
21:14
Like, I'm not a single issue person.
21:16
Like, I care a lot about what's going on over on the other side of the world with Israel and Gaza, economics, et cetera.
21:21
But on with this hat that I wear, I'm focusing on immigration and, of course, abolishing ICE.
21:27
So I guess you could say I'm not looking as much at the other issues.

10 MINS LATER

BrandonHOST
31:36
From your guys' angle, from this abolish ICE pledge and from your organization, how can that be in tandem with some of these typical pressure campaigns that we're seeing on the ground outside of the facilities? Like what can people that are sort of in the know or really involved in this advocacy for these people's rights and their humanity, how can they sort of utilize your organization or your tools you have at your disposal on your website to further

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