HigherEd Alicia (@higheredalicia.bsky.social)

❌🧊 No ICE in Surprise: State of the City Protest & Community Call to the Public · Northwest Valley Indivisible ❌🧊 No ICE in Surprise: State of the City Protest & Community Call to the Public **Four council meetings. Two months. Zero formal action.** On Tuesday, April 14th, Mayor Kevin Sartor will make his State of the City presentation at Surprise Stadium — and we will be there to deliver a message of our own: the time for standing on the sidelines is over. The council's next meeting will include an agenda item on ICE's human warehouse in Surprise. We demand the council pass a formal resolution opposing any ICE detention facility in Surprise. We will make sure they know the community is still watching. Mayor Sartor has refused to stand with his own residents on this issue. At the April 7th council meeting, he capped public comment at one hour — denying dozens who had waited for hours their chance to be heard — and cut the livestreaming video feed while public comments were being delivered, though audio remained available. The community showed up in force. Not a single voice inside chambers spoke in support of the ICE warehouse. The mayor needs to get the message. This action is open to anyone who does not want to see a regional ICE processing center open in our community. **📅 Tuesday, April 14th, 5:30 PM** **🅿️ Parking: **Surprise Aquatic Center **5:30–6:30 PM — Sidewalk Protest** South side of W Buck O'Neal Way. Do not block the 3rd base entrance to the stadium. **6:30 PM — Community Call to the Public** A public forum for those denied the opportunity to speak or be seen at the April 7th council meeting. Gathering in the public courtyard and sidewalk at the northwest corner of the stadium complex. Livestreamed at youtube.com/@NWVI-e9x Sign up here to speak: https://forms.gle/VVgjcuQhSuoJgdbw7 We are calling on the Surprise City Council to: - Pass a formal resolution opposing any ICE detention facility in Surprise - Refuse voluntary cooperation with ICE - Initiate legal challenges and environmental reviews - Coordinate multi-jurisdictional opposition - Demand federal accountability Recommended signs & chants: - No Fear! No ICE! No Cages in Surprise! - When you trust ICE, we don't trust you! - Stand with US! Not with ICE! - Mayor Sartor: Whose side are you on? The council is running out of time before this warehouse opens for business. Show up. Speak out. Stay engaged. https://mobilize.us/s/gyMmnF