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VICTORY: After thousands of locals protested, called, and gave public comments, a company halted the sale of a Virginia warehouse to DHS to be used for immigrant detention. DHS wants to buy 23 warehouses nationwide. Resist all of them.

dailypress.comHanover warehouse owner pulls out of potential Virginia ICE facility dealThe company, Jim Pattison Developments, put out a statement Friday afternoon saying the deal would not proceed.

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“I will not back down. I will not bow or scrape. I will never obey.” – Marc Elias RESIST!!! "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." - Martin Luther King Jr. "It is not enough to be compassionate. You must act." - Dalai Lama

Under the 5th Amendment, DHS can seize this property for "public use" as long as they pay fair market value—a power that almost always favors the government over the owner. Not the flex you think it is.

What concerns me is: they already have enough detainment centers to house every single immigrant (legal and illegal). The ones they are trying to get and have managed to get aren't for them.

We all have to make the decision to sacrifice. Everyone has a different tolerance, but we all need to do what we can - streaming, shopping, travel. So much to give up, but we need to make a stand. Thank you.