Protest ICE Deportations & the AROCC Detention Facility at Mesa Gateway Airport

## 🛫 ICE & AROCC: Stop ICE operations at Mesa Gateway Airport! For eight months, [Mesa Valley Indivisible](https://www.mesavalleyindivisible.org/) members and a coalition of groups around the country have been working relentlessly to end Avelo Airlines’ involvement in the unlawful and inhumane deportation of primarily non‑violent immigrants via Mesa Gateway Airport. As a result, Avelo Airlines ended their contract with ICE in January 2026! Although Avelo Airlines has left our Mesa Gateway Airport, ICE deportation missions still happen every day and the Arizona Removal Operations Coordination Center (AROCC) continues to operate. When local lawmakers recently conducted a surprise visit to the Arizona Removal Operations Coordination Center here at Mesa Gateway, they were sickened by what they found. Despite being a transit hub meant for 12-hour stays, people were being held for weeks, packed like sardines on bare concrete floors with no beds or showers. While the administration continues to claim these are short-term facilities, the reality has proven to be gut-wrenching medical neglect and overcrowding. #### 📢 Join us on Saturday, July 25th to challenge the illegal, inhumane, and unconstitutional ICE removal operations! -------------------------------------- ## 🔑 Key Concerns Driving the Protest: - We have compiled public records, congressional oversight letters, and local reporting into one place. - Please read our complete [Mesa Valley Indivisible AROCC and ICE Air Deportations Fact Sheet](https://www.mesavalleyindivisible.org/ice-deportationsarocc) to understand the full scope of our key concerns and see how you can take action. -------------------------------------- ## 🚨 Important! 🚨 - To ensure you receive all necessary information for the upcoming event, please make sure you have officially registered via Mobilize. - All vital updates—including parking instructions, logistical changes, and additional details—will be sent to the email address provided during registration. - If you have not registered on the platform, we will be unable to send you these updates. - Keep an eye out for emails from Mesa Valley Indivisible and check your spam/junk folder if you do not see them! - [Mesa Valley Indivisible](https://www.mesavalleyindivisible.org/) prioritizes strategic visibility to ensure our message reaches the widest possible audience. To keep our movement growing, we protest at high-traffic areas where Mesa residents are most likely to see us and join the cause. -------------------------------------------- ## ✨Protest Information: - We know it is getting warmer, but we still need bodies to show up! Even if you can only protest for 30 minutes, then please come for 30 minutes! - Mesa Valley Indivisible will have heat relief remedies such as a tent for shade, a fan mister, a water cooler, etc. - Don't forget to drink water the day before and bring your water bottle to the protest! We will also have extra water if anyone needs to refill their bottle! - MVI's goal is to always to pack all 4 corners of the intersection. Please look for the empty spots and fill them! - Make sure to stand side by side and not behind one another so every driver & the media can see how many attendees are present! - Please share with friends, family, neighbors, EVERYONE! -------------------------------------------- ## 🪧 Sign Ideas: Please create signs and graphics that are relevant to ICE deportations & the AROCC! Some ideas include: - Abolish ICE - ICE separates families - AROCC is a humanitarian crisis - Prison without due process is a concentration camp - Illegal deportations without due process is human trafficking -------------------------------------------- ## 📷 Pictures & Videos - Make sure to always tag **Mesa Valley Indivisible** on our group [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CFYV1DSaT/), [Instagram page](https://www.instagram.com/mesavalleyindivisible/), [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@mesa.valley.indiv?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc), [BlueSky](https://bsky.app/profile/mesavalleyindivisi.bsky.social), and [TikTok](https://www.tiktok.com/@mesa.valley.indiv?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc) - Please always include #MesaValleyIndivisible #AbolishICE #CloseAROCC #RecuseBiggs #ReleaseEpsteinFiles - Add all photos & videos to our [Google drive!](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1jYAHH60K_MbmcmOf3oyMWG6v7GecBDgp?usp=sharing)