DHS is moving forward with the ICE detention center in Surprise, AZ!
DHS is accepting public comments until December 9. Please email your comment to ICESustainability@ice.dhs.gov with the subject line "Surprise, AZ Public Comment"!
The Department of Homeland Security is moving forward with opening the 1500-bed ICE detention center in Surprise, AZ. And, we're not backing down from them trying to open it!
DHS released a draft of their environmental assessment report that says the ICE detention center won't have any significant environmental impact. GardaWorld prepared the report. They have no experience conducting environmental assessments. They're also the company that provided security for Alligator Alcatraz, which ended up being shut down less than a year after it opened and cost over a billion dollars.
They also said they anticipate about 25 detainee-transport vehicles entering and exiting the facility every single day at all hours of the day. That's NOT including vendor trucks, employees, families and lawyers of detainees. They also said their traffic could overlap with school arrival and dismissal times.
Dysart High School and Dysart Middle School sit less than a mile away. This detention center shares the same road that these students use to get to/from school. And, Dysart High School's student body is 60% Hispanic. These students shouldn't t have to navigate around ICE agents, prison buses, media, and protestors just to get to and from school everyday.
Please call and email Senator Mark Kelly and Senator Ruben Gallego and tell them to introduce the 3-mile buffer zone proposal into Congress. This bans ICE detention centers from being located within three miles of K-12 schools.
Senator Mark Kelly's office:
Phone: 602-671-7901
Email: Click here
Senator Ruben Gallego's office:
Phone: 480-697-3600
Email: Click here
If you haven't signed my petition yet for the 3-mile buffer zone proposal, please go to www.3milebuffer.com
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Read more about DHS's environmental assessment report: ICE environmental assessment finds 1,500-bed Surprise detention center would cause ‘no significant’ environmental harm
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