Citizens bank is loaning money to the companies behind private prisons- Including those used by ICE. We are going to go tell them what we think about that- and let their customers know just who they are in bed with.
Fuck trump. Fuck Ice. and Fuck citizens bank!
This is a coordinated effort with indivisible across a few states. Folks reached out to us specifically because we have a shiny new branch right on Noho st.
https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/899208/
From Indivisible::
WE ARE DOING IT AGAIN!
Join others at dozens of Citizen Bank branches in VA, DC, NJ, PA, OH, NY, RI, CT, MA and VT to send them a clear message: financing private prison and immigration detention facility operators The GEO Group and CoreCivic is bad for business.
We'll stand out on the public sidewalks in front of the Bank. Sponsored by The Real Majority Holyoke.
Please only bring signs specific to this action: De-ICE Citizens Bank; Cages Aren't Communities; Citizens Bank - Stop Financing ICE prisons; Citizens Bank + ICE = Human Rights Abuse; ICE Prisons Don't Strengthen Our Communities; Citizens Bank- Cut Ties With ICE Prisons; etc.
Notorious private prison companies The GEO Group and CoreCivic are being called on to be part of an unprecedented expansion in capacity as part of the Trump administration's mass detention, deportation, and surveillance policies.
To accommodate the planned increase in detention capacity, GEO and CoreCivic must undertake expensive construction and renovation projects. Since 2019, though, most of their lenders have cut ties with the two companies, which have faced allegations from forced labor to securities fraud.
Citizens Bank has instead deepened its relationship with the private prison industry, taking on new roles in financing both CoreCivic and GEO, all while continuing to tell their customers that they're focused on strengthening our communities.
We won't quietly stand by as Citizens continues to finance the private prison & ICE detention companies that are harming our communities. The 2019 exodus of banks from the industry in response to activism should be a reminder to us that our voices matter. Now it's time to use them. Visit https://www.boycottcitizens.org/ for more information.
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