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SUMMARY:Protest ICE Deportations & the AROCC Detention Center at Mesa Gate
 way Airport
DTSTART:20261024T160000Z
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UID:a40947f8-2192-4c3e-9ca5-341152b18f9c@civ.works
DESCRIPTION:## 🛫 ICE & AROCC: Stop ICE operations at Mesa Gateway Airpo
 rt!\n\nFor eight months\, [Mesa Valley Indivisible](https://www.mesavalley
 indivisible.org/) members and a coalition of groups around the country hav
 e been working relentlessly to end Avelo Airlines’ involvement in the un
 lawful 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!\n\nAlthough Avelo Airlines has left our Mesa Gat
 eway Airport\, ICE deportation missions still happen every day and the Ari
 zona Removal Operations Coordination Center (AROCC) continues to operate.\
 n\nWhen local lawmakers recently conducted a surprise visit to the Arizona
  Removal Operations Coordination Center here at Mesa Gateway\, they were s
 ickened 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 co
 ncrete floors with no beds or showers. While the administration continues 
 to claim these are short-term facilities\, the reality has proven to be gu
 t-wrenching medical neglect and overcrowding.\n\n#### 📢 Join us on Satu
 rday\, October 24th to challenge the illegal\, inhumane\, and unconstituti
 onal ICE removal operations!\n\n--------------------------------------\n\n
 ## 🔑 Key Concerns Driving the Protest:\n\n- We have compiled public rec
 ords\, congressional oversight letters\, and local reporting into one plac
 e.\n- Please read our complete [Mesa Valley Indivisible AROCC and ICE Air 
 Deportations Fact Sheet](https://www.mesavalleyindivisible.org/ice-deporta
 tionsarocc) to understand the full scope of our key concerns and see how y
 ou can take action.\n\n--------------------------------------\n## 🚨 Imp
 ortant! 🚨\n\n- To ensure you receive all necessary information for the 
 upcoming event\, please make sure you have officially registered via Mobil
 ize.\n- All vital updates—including parking instructions\, logistical ch
 anges\, and additional details—will be sent to the email address provide
 d during registration.\n  - If you have not registered on the platform\, w
 e will be unable to send you these updates.\n  - Keep an eye out for email
 s from Mesa Valley Indivisible and check your spam/junk folder if you do n
 ot see them!\n  - [Mesa Valley Indivisible](https://www.mesavalleyindivisi
 ble.org/) prioritizes strategic visibility to ensure our message reaches t
 he 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.\n\n--------------------------------------------\n\n##  ✨Prot
 est Information:\n\n- We know it is getting warmer\, but we still need bod
 ies to show up! Even if you can only protest for 30 minutes\, then please 
 come for 30 minutes!\n- Mesa Valley Indivisible will have heat relief reme
 dies such as a tent for shade\, a fan mister\, a water cooler\, etc.\n- Do
 n't forget to drink water the day before and bring your water bottle to th
 e protest! We will also have extra water if anyone needs to refill their b
 ottle!\n- MVI's goal is to always to pack all 4 corners of the intersectio
 n. Please look for the empty spots and fill them!\n- Make sure to stand si
 de by side and not behind one another so every driver & the media can see 
 how many attendees are present!\n- Please share with friends\, family\, ne
 ighbors\, EVERYONE!\n\n--------------------------------------------\n\n## 
 🪧 Sign Ideas:\n\nPlease create signs and graphics that are relevant to 
 ICE deportations & the AROCC! Some ideas include:\n\n- Abolish ICE\n- ICE 
 separates families\n- AROCC is a humanitarian crisis\n- Prison without due
  process is a concentration camp\n- Illegal deportations without due proce
 ss is human trafficking\n\n--------------------------------------------\n\
 n## 📷 Pictures & Videos\n- Make sure to always tag **Mesa Valley Indivi
 sible** on our group [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1CFY
 V1DSaT/)\, [Instagram page](https://www.instagram.com/mesavalleyindivisibl
 e/)\, [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_f
 rom_webapp=1&sender_device=pc)\n- Please always include #MesaValleyIndivis
 ible #AbolishICE #CloseAROCC #RecuseBiggs #ReleaseEpsteinFiles\n- Add all 
 photos & videos to our [Google drive!](https://drive.google.com/drive/fold
 ers/1CtRR3UDMJpCfCqajytqEv474OSonWKWq?usp=drive_link\,)
LOCATION:Power Road & East McKellips Road\, Mesa\, AZ
ORGANIZER:Mesa Valley Indivisible
URL:https://action.cooperation.org/a/a40947f8-2192-4c3e-9ca5-341152b18f9c/
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