These are not suggestions. These are tools. Use them.

  1. FOLLOW THE MONEY — AND CUT IT OFF
    GEO Group operates Delaney Hall. It is a publicly traded corporation (NYSE: GEO) that profits from every detained human being. George Zoley, its executive chairman, called the current political moment an “unprecedented opportunity.”
    • GEO Group Investor Relations — Find out who holds shares, submit shareholder concerns, and track filings:
    https://investors.geogroup.com
    • Worth Rises — The leading organization mapping the prison industry’s financial networks and running active divestment campaigns. Their database identifies 118 investment firms with exposure to private prison operators:
    https://worthrises.org
    • Drop Vanguard Campaign — Vanguard is one of the largest institutional shareholders of GEO Group and CoreCivic. This campaign pressures them directly. If you have a Vanguard retirement account, you have standing:
    https://www.dropvanguard.org
    • Prison Industry Divestment Campaign — Tracks banks and institutions financing private prisons, including Wells Fargo, Bank of America, BlackRock, and others. Provides tools for demanding divestment from your institution:
    https://prisondivest.com
    What you can do right now: Contact your 401(k) or retirement plan administrator and ask whether your funds hold GEO Group (NYSE: GEO) or CoreCivic (NYSE: CXW). Request divestment in writing. If your bank is Bank of America or Wells Fargo, consider moving to a credit union. Credit unions do not finance private prison operators.
  2. PUT RIGHTS IN PEOPLE’S HANDS
    Know Your Rights cards are printable, multilingual, and have prevented unlawful detentions. Print them. Distribute them everywhere.
    • ACLU — Immigrants’ Rights (national, English and Spanish):
    https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/immigrants-rights
    • ACLU — Printable Red Card (wallet-sized, asserting right to silence):
    https://www.aclu-wa.org/know-your-rights/immigration-and-law-enforcement-red-card/
    • ACLU — Phone lockscreen version (your rights visible without unlocking your phone):
    https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights-share-your-rights-immigrants-rights
    Where to distribute: churches, laundromats, grocery stores, corner stores, school pickup lines, community centers, barbershops, nail salons. Anywhere people gather.
  3. BECOME A LEGAL OBSERVER
    The National Lawyers Guild trains civilians to attend protests and document government conduct. No legal experience required. Legal Observers wear green hats and take notes. Their presence alone changes what law enforcement is willing to do. The documentation they gather has won lawsuits and defended protesters in criminal trials.
    • NLG Legal Observer Program — national overview and how to get trained:
    https://www.nlg.org/massdefenseprogram/los/
    • NLG — Become a member and get connected to your local chapter:
    https://www.nlg.org/get-involved/
    Training is offered multiple times a year in locations across the country. If there is no chapter near you, contact: massdef@nlg.org
  4. DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT
    GEO Group’s contracts with local and county governments require renewal through public processes. Most of those hearings go completely unattended.
    What to do:
    • Contact your county sheriff’s office by phone and in writing. Ask whether they have an active 287(g) agreement with ICE. This is public information. File a public records request if they won’t answer directly.
    • Search your county’s public meeting calendar for any contract renewals involving GEO Group, CoreCivic, or ICE detention services. Show up. Bring people.
    • File formal complaints with your state attorney general’s office about ICE conduct in your jurisdiction. It creates a legal paper trail that cannot be quietly ignored.
    Find your state attorney general:
    https://www.naag.org/find-my-attorney-general/
  5. FUND DIRECT LEGAL DEFENSE
    While the political class debates, people in your community need attorneys today.
    • National Immigration Law Center — Fights for the rights of low-income immigrants through litigation, policy advocacy, and legal training:
    https://www.nilc.org
    • Immigrant Legal Resource Center — Provides legal training, educational materials, and advocacy to advance rights for immigrants:
    https://www.ilrc.org
    • American Immigration Lawyers Association — Find Immigration Legal Help:
    https://www.aila.org/find-immigration-legal-help
    • Vera Institute of Justice — Funds direct legal representation for detained immigrants and works to end mass incarceration:
    https://www.vera.org
  6. TAX RESISTANCE — KNOW YOUR OPTIONS
    Federal tax resistance is a long tradition in American civil disobedience, from the abolitionists to the anti-Vietnam movement. It is also a serious legal decision with real consequences.
    • National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee — The most comprehensive resource on the history, methods, and legal landscape of federal tax resistance. Does not advocate for any particular choice — provides information so you can make your own:
    https://nwtrcc.org
    Before taking any action, consult a tax attorney. This is not a step to take uninformed. But it is a step that has precedent, tradition, and moral weight behind it

    The resources above were verified as of June 2026. Organizations and URLs may change. If a link is broken, search the organization’s name directly.