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Susan Ottignon's avatar

Saw the segment on Maddow💥 Kudos👍👏 F**k🥶

Cindy ShawWilson's avatar

What can I do to oppose the Hagerstown MD facility?

Michael Wriston's avatar

Susan outlined probably one of the most impactful ways you can help combat the Hagerstown facility.

One other step you can take is to write testimony in support of HB 630. This proposed emergency legislation in the Maryland House of Delegates would prevent anyone from creating an immigration detention center out of a building that was not originally designed for that purpose.

A very kind PSB reader wrote a guide on how to do that here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-pVey5gLtu--t22wRcbeSy52DDTtPznOBk1XXLqvp4I/edit?usp=drivesdk

Sharon Lawrence's avatar

I am trying to track news from around the US that gives everyone information about the groups working in opposition, https://sharonlawrence.substack.com/p/issue-insights-immigration-and-customs. Perhaps this will help.

Susan Grodsky's avatar

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Attend this rally, if you can. It is TOMORROW, Tuesday, 2/10, at 9 am.

Rally planned before and during the Board of County Commissioners’ meeting on Tuesday, 2/10

Meet outside at 8:45 am, meeting starts at 9:00 am

If you hope to get into the meeting, arrive early.

There are no public comments allowed, but signs of up to 12” x 24” are allowed inside the room.

Washington County Government offices 100 W. Washington St. Hagerstown, MD 21740

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Get in touch with Washington County Indivisible group.

Susan Grodsky's avatar

Web site of Wash County Indivisible: https://www.wcindivisible.com/

Sharon Lawrence's avatar

Here's my general list of suggestions, https://sharonlawrence.substack.com/p/alert-what-side-do-you-want-to-be. Regarding detention centers, add a state & local level focus. I'm also covering actions all across the country, which may help connect you with others in the fight, https://sharonlawrence.substack.com/p/issue-insights-immigration-and-customs. Obviously stay atop what Project Sand Box is doing. They are awesome!

Frank Blair's avatar

Great information on Maddow. How did our country get to this point ? How can we stop this ?

Fair & Furious's avatar

It's sickening to see internment camps being actively set up in my lifetime. How this isn't being shutdown immediately is disturbing when we know historically this is always wrong.

cerealkilla's avatar

The proposed leased warehouse in SE MI near DTW airport is actually located in New Boston, MI, just outside of Romulus. So when looking up ordinance information or city council meetings to attend/write to, use New Boston info.

The proposed site at 17991 Wahrman Rd is zoned Industrial. It's currently leased by The Home Depot and listed on LoopNet as Available for Sublease.

LoopNet is a good place to find info on commercial properties for sale or lease.

cerealkilla's avatar

I also found out the one on Elizabeth Dr in Chester, NY is owned by Pep Boys. We need to hold these corporations leasing concentration camps to ICE accountable for their actions.

Sharon Lawrence's avatar

I have done a series of 6 issue briefs on immigration enforcement. Those should be invaluable in helping people get up to speed on the issues. Under the Facts tab, there also is comprehensive contact info for Senators. https://open.substack.com/pub/sharonlawrence/p/issue-insights-immigration-and-customs?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=a5esd

Lloyd C. Kilmer's avatar

Awesome saw this on Rachel’s show keep up the good work thanks

TJ's avatar
Feb 10Edited

Thank you saw this on Rachel Maddow this evening..

JJ's avatar

One of the simplest and most powerful tools of resistance that we have as individuals is completely under utilized. I’m referring to the boycott. It’s easier to stop doing something, then to start doing something. I may not have the energy to march an organize, but I can stop buying products and services with no effort at all. How do you use your data to help us make individual acts of resistance that turn into movements?

S. Carolyn Darity's avatar

So the idea is to move thousands/hundreds of thousands undocumented people (keep in mind that this government is preventing immigrants from going through the process to legally be here) to concentration camps. Thus removing their contribution to the GDP of America and to the US tax base. Then having the American tax payers pay Corporations to enslave these people and perhaps work for pennies on the dollar to produce goods for corporations. What does that sound like to me? Slavery, evil, greed, hatred. Reminds me of how Bush’s Iraq war spent the surplus Clinton had built up and then some, transferring taxpayers dollars to the military industrial complex (black water for example) wasting billions, killing men women and children, destroying museums and infrastructure to “find” WMDs knowing full well there were none. In the meantime letting the Taliban run amok until Obama found justice for 9/11 victims.

Sharon Lawrence's avatar

I'm am doing a 7 part series on immigration enforcement, https://sharonlawrence.substack.com/p/issues-and-insights-immigration-and-598. That should fill in the background on goals, etc.

Tom Terrific  8647's avatar

Mirror sites with servers located in Europe will keep you up and running

Mitzi's avatar

Concern over whether or not this could be coming to Montana…big open state with lots of open spaces and congressional offices and governor are all in for Trump administration

Davi-May Messinger's avatar

Parump, NV...ICE detention facility...Pathetic.

Michael Wriston's avatar

On top of that, it is a privately owned and contracted detention center, with services provided by CoreCivic — one of the largest private detention contractors in the US.

https://www.corecivic.com/facilities/nevada-southern-detention-center

Richard Sherry's avatar

What a terrific use of collaborative resources. Amazing.

Laurianne M's avatar

I'm trying to use the ICE Warehouse tracker but nothing is showing up on the map. I've tried changing settings but nothing. Anyone else? I'm on a MAC and using Chrome as a browser. Thanks

Robert Berkman's avatar

How do I find out a more precise location of the dot in Northeastern New York State?