Citizens Bank is dropping
ICE detention companies!
You've heard the stories that come out of the facilities run by CoreCivic and The GEO Group. 911 dispatchers flooded with calls. Severe medical neglect. Children locked up for months on end. But for years, even as the heartbreaking stories poured out of ICE detention centers, Citizens Bank kept pouring money into them.
Until now.
After months of pressure from thousands of people representing 175+ grassroots groups, Citizens Bank announced on July 17 that it will exit its lending relationships with CoreCivic and GEO. This is a huge win, but it's not the finish line. We'll be watching public filings to make sure they follow through.
We Did It Together – Now Let's Keep Going!
Over the course of six months, thousands of people signed petitions, flooded inboxes, made phone calls, joined protests at branches in their communities, persuaded elected officials and others to move millions in deposits, and much more. It WORKED, a powerful reminder that nothing is stronger than the people united.
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Learn about the campaign.
See how in just a few months, the campaign to De-ICE Citizens Bank grew from a few "scrappy little groups of protesters" into a movement of thousands of people from over 175 groups across at least 17 states.
THANK YOU to the groups that helped make it happen.
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