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Exploring strategies for nonviolent resistance to the mass detention, deportation, and surveillance of our neighbors. Calling on Citizens Bank to stop financing GEO Group and CoreCivic. www.boycottcitizens.org | Art by Pete Railand

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 6d

ICE couldn't terrorize our communities to this degree without the hundreds of companies that provide it with goods and services—many of which also have contracts with blue cities and states.

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Who's Profiting from ICE? - Google My Maps

ICE depends on a web of private companies, local law enforcement, and elected officials around the country to support its work. This map includes: • Organizations receiving funding from ICE from FY...

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Sarah Szalavitz💡 @dearsarah.bsky.social · 13h

At a Boyle Heights hospital in Los Angeles, hospital administrators are allowing ICE agents call the shots—& are interfering in medical decisions & blocking doctors from properly treating detainees who need emergency care.

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At a Boyle Heights hospital, ICE agents call the shots, doctors say

Doctors say administrator directives allow immigration agents to interfere in medical decisions and compromise medical care.

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 6h

Apparently this is how DHS is now listing USCIS Immigration Services Officer positions, the core function of which is to grant or deny immigration applications.

Screenshot from Indeed.com: Homeland Defender (Immigration Services Officer) | US Citizenship and Immigration Services | Remote | $50,420 - $81,198/year

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 7h

And they're doing it with the help of several "disaster relief" companies, all of which should be blacklisted by blue cities and states.

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 7h

The Florida Division of Emergency Management is still overseeing the state's immigration detention sites.

An agency created to help people through the worst days of their lives is now orchestrating the worst days of people's lives.

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 7h

Critical Response Strategies appears to be owned by Jacksonville-based Caplin Ventures.

Here, founder Ricky Caplin shares about his favorite Bible verses and his commitment to anti-trafficking work: drivingwithmarley.substack.com/p/faith-busi...

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 7h

Critical Response Strategies continues staffing Florida's state-run ICE detention facilities.

A screenshot from Indeed.com for jobs with Critical Response Strategies (1-star rating). Positions include Detention Site Leader, Detention Camp Manager, Detention Audit Manager, Detention Compliance, with pay ranging from $3,180 to $4,240/week on a temporary, full-time, contract basis.

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Jenn Burrill @jennburrill.bsky.social · 20h

Lea County asking judge to confirm it has a say in who Geo Group can take on as a client because the county owns the land the prison sits on

The 400,000 sq ft prison in Hobbs run by the GEO Group says it has a "new corrections client" but isn't saying who

All eyes 👀 point to ICE

Legal battle could be brewing over future of recently vacated Hobbs prison

A battle could be brewing over the future of a now-empty prison whose owners have expressed interest in contracting with ICE.

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 9h

The $1.3 billion Fort Bliss detention deal is "a giant pass-through to other companies.”

How a tiny, inexperienced firm landed a $1.3 billion detention deal

To hold 5,000 human beings.

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emptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 13h

Stephen Miller is murdering Venezuelans and Colombians in cold blood bc he believes it helps his propaganda campaign to paint Latinos as dangerous.

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Stephen Miller views the air strikes as an opportunity to paint immigrants as a dangerous menace, according to one of the White House officials.

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Clever Resistance @cleverresistance.bsky.social · 16h

Protecting street vendors in Chicago.

Capt. Jack Sharrow @sharrows.bsky.social · 3d

This weekend was record breaking for our mutual aid efforts! On Friday, the team got up bright and early to send home vendors. 6 vendors supported, over $500 worth of food. Saturday, we bought 100 tamales from 2 vendors! All distributed right back into the community. We keep us safe! #BikeChi

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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 15h

With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.

We take a look at ICE's skyrocketing expansion, the agency's failing standards, and where detention centers are planned for next.

The vast, terrifying scale of Trump’s detention state

With $75 billion and thousands of masked agents, ICE is just getting started.

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 13h

This is fantastic—a lot of important info on a complex topic, with simple & concise presentation.

Another way ICE is using taxpayer dollars: weapons & ammunition, on which they spent a record amount last month.

ICE and CBP Spending on Weapons and Ammunition | Created with Datawrapper

(FY16-FY25)

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 14h

This is likely, at least in part, in an effort to maintain influence in a state where Republicans control both chambers of the legislature, but the Governor is a Democrat.

And, as of 2024, AZ accounted for 5% of GEO’s revenues—as much as any single state.

Chart from GEO 2024 ann. report

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Pie chart showing GEO Group customers 41% ICE, 17% US Marshals, 9% Non-residential, 3% BOP, 8% Australia, 5% Florida, 5% Arizona, smaller % for other states and South Africa.

Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 14h

Notably, GEO Group has continued its pattern of giving heavily to Arizona’s Republican state legislators. GEO’s PAC has donated more to officials in AZ than any other state.

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 14h

Kicking off the year, GEO Group donated to several Oklahoma officials in positions to influence the state’s acquisition of a GEO-owned Lawton facility. They greenlit the $312M purchase, and the parties close the deal in late June.

In early August, GEO Group announced a $300M stock buyback.

Oklahoma House committee greenlights purchase of Lawton private prison, pledges no job cuts • Oklahoma Voice

A House budget committee on Monday voted to move forward with spending $312 million to purchase a private prison in Lawton.

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 14h

Corporate PAC donations can reveal a lot about what companies are up to — especially during off years.

Take a look at the donations reported so far in 2025 for the PACs of three private prison and ICE detention companies: The GEO Group, CoreCivic, and Management & Training Corporation. 1/

Table titled “The GEO Group PAC contributions” listing political donation data. Columns include Committee Name, Date, Recipient Name, Recipient City, State, State Represented (if other than where committee registered), and Amount.
All listed contributions are from The GEO Group PAC (except one from CoreCivic PAC).
Dates are mostly August 27, 2025, with donations of $1,500 each to dozens of Arizona state-level Republican campaigns such as ELECT KEVIN PAYNE, JOHN KAVANAGH FOR STATE SENATOR, MICHAEL CARBONE FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE – DISTRICT 25, VINCE LEACH FOR SENATE, and others across cities including Phoenix, Prescott, Bullhead City, Casa Grande, and Tucson.
A few out-of-state entries include REESE STATE PAC (KS) for $5,000 and MONTANA REPUBLICAN LEGISLATIVE CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE for $3,000.

Table showing additional political donations from The GEO Group PAC, CoreCivic PAC, and Management and Training Corporation PAC.
Columns are the same: Committee Name, Date, Recipient Name, Recipient City, State, State Represented (if other than where committee registered), and Amount.
Covers contributions from January to June 2025, mostly ranging from $1,000–$15,000.
Examples include:

CHUCK HALL FOR STATE SENATE (OK) – $5,000

NRSC and NRCC – multiple $15,000 donations

RAND PAUL FOR US SENATE (KY) – $1,000

MISSISSIPPI HOUSE LEADERSHIP FUND – $10,000

EMMER MAJORITY BUILDERS (MN) – $7,500

CoreCivic PAC contributions to NRCC ($15,000), DEFEND OUR CONSERVATIVE SENATE PAC ($5,000), and AMERICA’S LIBERTY PAC ($5,000).
Several other federal campaign recipients include BILL CASSIDY FOR SENATE (LA), ASHLEY HINSON FOR CONGRESS (IA), AARON BEAN FOR CONGRESS (FL), and JEFF CRANK FOR CONGRESS (CO).

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Victoria Law @victorialaw.bsky.social · 18h

nysfocus.com/2025/10/08/b... #bannedbooksweek

New York’s Biggest ICE Detention Center Bans Book Deliveries

Rejected books include a Spanish-English dictionary, a Spanish translation of a George R.R. Martin novel, and "The Seven Principles for Making Marriage…

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 16h

It's the same statement every time. Their public affairs guy might as well be a pull-string talking doll.

Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 16h

2. Pressure your blue cities/states to stop contracting with CoreCivic. Whether you only have time to send a note to your elected officials or you decide to organize an entire campaign, your voice matters.

CoreCivic facilities: www.corecivic.com/facilities

Map of the United States showing numerous red location pins scattered across the country, to mark CoreCivic facilites. There are high concentrations in Texas, the Midwest, and the eastern U.S., and several along the West Coast.

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 16h

If this makes your blood boil, here are two ways you can take action:

1. Urge Citizens Bank to stop financing CoreCivic and GEO Group. Spread the word, sign the petition, divest, and if you have a Citizens Bank account, close it and let them know why.

Citizens Bank: Stop financing CoreCivic and The GEO Group.

The following SEC filings to demonstrate a relationship between Citizens Bank and GEO Group/CoreCivic. They don't represent the full extent of these relationships. • July 14, 2025 Amendment to Credit ...

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 16h

CoreCivic operates the South Texas Family Residential Center.

Their response: “It is important to know that CoreCivic is committed to delivering a high standard of care to every individual in our ICE-contracted facilities.”

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 16h

"The ICE record reviewed by Scripps News lists more than 300 migrant children locked up in Dilley beyond the 20-day maximum. One child was detained there for 89 days."

This is unconscionable.

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"There is not much to do here," one 14-year-old wrote in the filing. The teen, who has been at Dilley for 54 days, indicated there is not much education. "I don't go to the school. It's just one hour per day.”
A 13-year-old claimed: “There is a one-hour window for 6th to 8th grades. I went once but no other kids were there. They just give worksheets or things to draw.”
An 11-year-old asked: “My main question is when can I get out of here?”

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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 20h

Hundreds could be freed from ICE custody after a warrantless arrest ruling. blockclubchi.co/42sGDWA

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Boycott Citizens Bank @boycottcitizens.bsky.social · 19h

“We’ve been saying for the longest time that it was bound to happen in every community, in every oppressed community,” said Kobi Guillory, chair of the neighbor committee with the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression.

The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 1d

NEW — Rod Johnson will never forget federal agents zip-tying his hands behind his back.

The night of the South Shore raid in Chicago, Johnson said he was detained for two hours.

“I’m an American citizen with no warrants,” Johnson said.

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South Shore raid triggers past traumas and sparks new conversations about divisions between Black and Latino communities • The TRiiBE

Federal agent activity on Chicago’s South and West sides put Black people in the crosshairs.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

Federal officers are firing so much tear gas at protesters outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, that some nearby community members who aren’t even protesting are struggling to breathe when they leave their homes to run errands.

ICE is hounding Chicago area locals with excessive chemical munitions

Agents are firing tear gas and pepper balls on lawful protesters, lawsuits say, sickening even uninvolved residents.

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