The Town of Southwest Ranches, Corrections Corporation of American (CCA), and DHS / ICE want to build one of the largest immigration detention centers in the nation within walking distance of thousands of homes; thus, reducing the quality of our life and our community. We do not agree with the federal government privatizing our immigration detention centers throughout the nation when there is clear evidence that privatizing our prisons creates a clear public safety threat. For ICE to continue to privatize these institutions and bring this safety threat through their "secure communities Initiative" to our community is unacceptable. Depriving someone of their liberty is a non-delegable governmental function and privatizing of such a function is infecting our nation like a virus.

The Town of Southwest Ranches has now entered into it's THIRD Fire Contract within the last year now with the Town of Davie, costing taxpayers $120,000 in ramp up fees. They are now closing several roads in western Southwest Ranches charging the tax payers $80,000 for the gates. They have paid an unknown amount of money for lobbying with ICE regarding this prison. They have several lawsuits against the Town, 1- Involving Open Meeting Violations on a November 5th meeting concerning the ICE Detention Center, 2- Open Records Violations, and 3- The Town is putting together a lawsuit to sue Pembroke Pines for breach of contract because the City utilized their exit clause and cancelled for convenience their Fire/EMS contract which included water and sewer at the last minute for the CCA prison. In the contract it states that there should be no third party beneficiaries. CCA would be a third party in this instance.

CCA has also filed suit in Federal court against the City of Pembroke Pines saying they are denying them water however the City had never seen a water application. The City did file for a Declaratory Judgement in State Court but that has been put on hold until the Federal Court hears the suit from CCA.

Is ANYONE CONFUSED as to why the Pembroke Pines/Southwest Ranches Fire Agreement was cancelled? The Town Attorney Keith Poliakoff attempted to "slip" into the agreement a portion that guaranteed water for the prison at CCA's request. This is something that should have been brought up separately. CCA should have brought it forward on their own in a water application. This is slide of hand that CCA and the Town attempted to do because they were so afraid of CCA being on the Pembroke Pines agenda.

As of June 2012, ICE put out a statement that the site selection was no longer needed due to the fact that the extra bedspace was no longer needed. READ UPDATE HERE!


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Do you want to know the TRUTH about the proximity of the ICE/CCA Immigrant Prison to Homes and Schools?? Watch this video!

Why do we need to spend more money on guaranteed minimum occupancy from the Federal Government to CCA when ICE officials can't even detain immigrants?? 
Is ICE giving contracts away to pay back Political Contributions to the Private Prison Industry?  Remember that Payroll Tax bill the President HAD to get passed?  It included more money to detain immigrants.  Is this a loophole that the President uses?  Don't take our word for it, read about it HERE







"Gladiator School" Prison ran by CCA in Idaho. Does this company look like a responsible community partner? Why did the guards not intervene sooner? Aren't they in charge in this facility?











On January 21, 2012 a group of Immigrant Students confront Vice Mayor Doug McKay and Council Member Gary Jablonski up in Tallahassee while there were visiting for Broward Days. Courtesy of Cuentame



















Al Jazeera Coverage of ICE Detention Center Proliferation






















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Angry Residents at the November 5th ICE Meeting

























DNC Chair and Congressional Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL20) puts in her letter of support for an ICE Detention center yet publicly admonishes ICE for enforcing immigration policy. Which side of the fence is she on? 
 
 


This is a string of videos regarding a prison in Hardin MT that was being taken over by a shady California company.  Our purpose for posting this video is for you to listen to the clips of the public officials taking about this prison and how good American Police Force is.  It took about 6 hours of research to identify that "Captain Michael Hilton" was a convicted felon and shyster, yet these public officials are apparently on drugs and beyond critical thinking.  They sound like our politicians.


This is a great cover song which summarizes the situation.


To all of our friends in the railroad town of Crete and on that southbound odyssey down to Kankakee.
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