Interfaith Coalition Withdraws $1 Million from Citizens Bank Over Financing of Private ICE Detention Facilities
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Summary
An interfaith coalition of religious groups in Boston has withdrawn $1 million from Citizens Bank to pressure the corporation to stop financing CoreCivic and GEO Group, two of the largest private operators of ICE detention jails. The coalition threatens to keep removing funds from its $14 million account until demands are met. Filmmaker Julie Cohen and journalist Paul Barrett also wrote about closing their personal account, noting that Citizens Bank has arranged $2 billion in financing for these private prison corporations. The boycott aims to use collective economic power to protest the immigrant detention system, which advocates argue holds people without due process for immigration violations.
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The idea is to basically use our collective economic power to speak out about those who are aiding and abetting the immigrant detention system in the United States.
A lot of what's going on in these ICE detention facilities is not lawful because immigrant neighbors, most of whom have not committed any crime beyond immigration violations, are being held there without due process.
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