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People detained at Mesa Verde Detention Facility and Golden State Annex have been fighting for improved living conditions for YEARS. And for years, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the private company GEO group have ignored their requests for improvements. Hunger strikers, alongside the MV-GSA Hunger Strike Support Coalition, are demanding their immediate releases and the closure of both immigration facilities.
Join us in calling on ICE, GEO Group, and President Biden to grant the immediate release of detained strikers and the shut down these detention centers.
STRIKE DETAILS
Start Date: February 17th 2023
Number of Hunger Strikers: 73 people in ICE custody (as of 02/24/2023)
Locations: Mesa Verde ICE Processing Center (Bakersfield, CA) and Golden State Annex (MacFarland, CA)
Coalition Website: bit.ly/MVGSAHungerStrike
Press Release
POST ON YOUR SOCIALS/YOUR ORGANIZATION’S SOCIALS:
MAR 7, 2023
FACEBOOK/INSTAGRAM/TWITTER
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🚨URGENT🚨
PLEASE TAKE ACTION NOW!
ICE and GEO's retaliation tactics keep getting more violent. We need your support!
#hungerstrike #SupportHungerStrikers #CollectiveLiberation #ShutDownMVandGSA #immigrantdetention #abolishICE #freethemall
FEB 24, 2023
FACEBOOK/INSTAGRAM
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🚨BREAKING: Hunger strikers in Central Valley immigration detention facilities have filed a lawsuit against ICE & GEO Group for illegal retaliation.
Since the hunger strike began, ICE and GEO Group have harassed the protestors by making the temperature of the dorms painfully cold, taunting them with food, threatening to place them in solitary confinement, and more.
We will do everything possible to protect the hunger striker's right to engage in that protest. Help us uplift their demands by taking action at takeaction.ccijustice.org
FEB 23, 2023
FACEBOOK/INSTAGRAM
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It's day 7 of the hunger strike and some strikers have reported they have already lost over 10 pounds. 😰Help us show ICE they are not alone by taking action at ➡️takeaction.ccijustice.org
#hungerstrike ##SupportHungerStrikers #CollectiveLiberation #ShutDownMVandGSA #immigrantdetention #abolishICE #freethemall
FEB 21, 2023
FACEBOOK/INSTAGRAM
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JOIN US TOMORROW! 📰📢
The MV-GSA Hunger Strike Support Committee will be holding a press conference this Wednesday, DAY 5 of the Hunger Strike in MV and GSA.
Please join us and show your support! We need to shed as much light as we can on this hunger strike.
To learn and share media coverage on the strike, visit bit.ly/MV-GSAHungerStrike
#hungerstrike ##SupportHungerStrikers #CollectiveLiberation #ShutDownMVandGSA #immigrantdetention #abolishICE #freethemall
FEB 17, 2023
FACEBOOK/INSTAGRAM
Tag: @POTUS @ICEGov DHS Secretary :@alimayorkas
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🚨 People detained at Mesa Verde and Golden State Annex are putting their bodies on the line to protest inhumane conditions. PLEASE HELP UPLIFT their demands for release and the shutdown of these for-profit detention centers!! #SupportHungerStrikers #CollectiveLiberation #ShutDownMVandGSA
For more information➡️ bit.ly/MVGSAHungerStrike
Share a sample tweet below OR use them to Quote Retweet from following threads:
California Collaborative for Immigrant Justice - @CCIJustice
Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Bay Area- @LCCRSF
ACLU Norcal - @ACLU_NorCal
Asian Law Caucus- @aaaj_alc
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@POTUS - who has the power to shut these centers DOWN
@ICEgov - whose custody folks are currently abused under @alimayorkas - DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas who oversees ICE
Hashtags: #SupportHungerStrikers #CollectiveLiberation #ShutDownMVandGSA
Please personalize any of the provided sample tweets or share your own personal stories! Doing so will help Twitter’s algorithm recognize each post separately and not flag it as spam!
84 people are on hunger strike to protest abuse, retaliation & horrible conditions at two detention centers in CA. Exposure to mold & paid $1/day for work is dehumanizing.@WeareGeo & @ICEgov continue to endanger immigrants. @POTUS#ShutDownMVandGSA ➡️ bit.ly/MVGSAHungerStrike
84 immigrants detained at Golden State Annex & Mesa Verde facilities are on a hunger strike. They have suffered horrible conditions and retaliation by @ICEgov @WeAreGeo. It’s time to #ShutDownMVandGSA @POTUS
#SupportHungerStrikers➡️bit.ly/MVGSAHungerStrike
The abuse by @WeAreGeo and @ICEgov is horrific. 84 detained people are on a hunger strike, protesting medical neglect, abusive pat downs, and expired food. I support #DetainedHungerStrikers #ShutDownMVandGSA @POTUS #CollectiveLiberation ➡️bit.ly/MVGSAHungerStrike
I’m calling on @POTUS to #ShutDownMVandGSA. @ICEGov and @WeareGeo have abused and retaliated against detained folks at MV and GSA for years. Enough is enough! Release them all now! I #SupportHungerStrikers and their #CollectiveLiberation
➡️bit.ly/MVGSAHungerStrike