Geo Group is one of the largest private prison corporations in the world and it has its eyes set on a new market: immigration prisons. Under Trump's new draconian immigration laws, more prisons will be needed to hold deportees.
Thousands of individuals and families are at risk of deportation under Trump's new executive order. People are living in fear of their lives being ruined and their families being torn apart.
Yet Geo Group sees this as nothing but an opportunity to profit on racist and xenophobic laws. It must be stopped!
Sign today to stop investment in immigration prisons.
Geo Group is a publicly traded company and is susceptible to pressure on its investors. Denver Investment has already divested 40% of its holdings since December 2016. It can be pressured to divest completely and deal a major blow to Geo Group.
SumOfUs has been successful in pressuring investors to back out of contentious projects before, most recently with DNB, Norway's largest bank, pulling funding to the Dakota Access pipeline.
Together we can stop investment in for-profit immigration prisons. With the effort of people like you, we can ensure that Geo Group does not profit on xenophobia, racism and Islamophobia.
Please join me in signing today to call on Denver Investments to divest in Geo Group.
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The Intercept. 22 February 2017.