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What Happened Today – July 17, 2026

Masked GEO Group transport officers outside Delaney Hall ICE detention facility in Newark

Masked GEO Group employees stood outside the company's Delaney Hall ICE detention center in Newark on May 25; on Friday Citizens Bank ended its lending to GEO and CoreCivic. (Public domain photo)

Ordinary people just cost ICE’s jailers their lender. For months they protested outside Citizens Bank branches from Washington to Vermont and moved $300 million to other banks. On Friday, Citizens said it will stop lending to GEO Group and CoreCivic, the private prison companies that run ICE’s biggest detention centers. The bank swears the decision … Read more

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