To: Bexar County Commission and the San Antonio City Council
Block the construction of a new detention center in San Antonio!
ICE is spending $38 billion to buy and convert warehouses across the country into detention centers—a core tactic at the center of Trump’s cruel deportation regime. And they have their sights set on San Antonio for one of the next locations of their cruel camps.
San Antonio residents OPPOSE misusing our taxpayer dollars to fund this administration’s inhumane, chaotic, and unlawful deportation agenda. And we demand our local elected leaders do everything in their power to block the construction of this new mega-detention center.
Why is this important?
Nearly 12% of the population of San Antonio are immigrants. They are our friends, family members, coworkers, and neighbors. And we need to defend them against Trump’s brute and unlawful deportation agenda.
The details of the proposed San Antonio detention site are still unclear. ICE confirmed they purchased land and a facility but have not given details beyond that. What we do know is that the deed for a 640,000-square-foot industrial warehouse with a 1,500-bed capacity has been transferred to the federal government.
Local elected officials claim to be equally in the dark about the plans, with a city spokesperson claiming they have not received any assessments for the site, and that the city was not informed of any federal estate transactions.
Local leaders have already sounded the alarm on ICE and DHS’s rapid power grab. Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Calvert has been outspoken against the project, and the San Antonio City Council approved a resolution in February to identify what the city can do to push back against ICE.
We need to keep up public pressure to make it clear that we expect them to keep using every lever in their power to interfere, delay, and block the development of a detention camp in San Antonio, and that we demand transparency and accountability for any civil or human rights violations by ICE and DHS.
We cannot allow ICE and the Trump administration to keep expanding their inhumane deportations. Sign the petition to say NO warehouses for detention centers in San Antonio.