We the People Wednesdays Action for September 16
ACTION 1:
The Moshannon Valley Detention Center is a for-profit ICE detention facility operated by GEO Group. Reports of mistreatment, inadequate medical care, retaliation, and lack of transparency have raised serious concerns. At least 3 detainees have died there. Moshannon is the largest immigration detention center in the Northeastern United States and is located about 40 miles west of Penn State. Hidden from public view and far from many families, approximately 1,800 people are reportedly detained in overcrowded and unhealthy conditions, and the vast majority have no prior criminal charges. Clearfield County receives $200,000 annually for its role as the local contracting authority — a role that gives county commissioners the power to end the arrangement entirely. Clearfield County Commissioners will vote next Tuesday on whether to renew GEO Goup’s contract.
Write Clearfield County Commissioners asking them to not renew GEO group’s contract. Modify this sample text:
Dear Commissioner XXX,
Moshannon is an embarrassment to Clearfield County and all of Pennsylvania. Please don’t renew GEO Group’s contract.
Sincerely,
<your name and zip>
Commissioner John Sobel / Commissioner Tim Winters
212 East Locust St.
Clearfield PA 19830
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ACTION 2:
The EPA and the Army Corps of Engineers have proposed drastic deregulation of wetlands. Wetlands are crucial wildlife habitat; they filter drinking water and ameliorate storm surges and flooding. The proposed changes, more sweeping than the ones proposed last November, would strip federal safeguards from a vast majority of U.S. wetlands and seasonal streams. Public comments are being accepted until October 9.
Click here to go to the Federal Register’s public comment page for this rule. Fill out the form, using your own words, to express your opposition to drastically narrowing the scope of wetlands that are protected.