ICE doesn’t belong in our neighborhoods, community, county, or state. An ICE detention camp doesn’t belong here, either. We protest DHS efforts to invade the Oregon coast. DHS isn’t saying, but the evidence is clear – they intend to place an internment camp in Newport. Businesses and merchants are being approached to rent rooms, deliver water, and carry away waste from such a camp. But business owners and operators are an integral part of our community. We expect them to keep our best interests at heart. We stand in support of businesses and merchants who refuse to assist in this venture and stand against those who do. This is an Indivisible Lincoln City and Oregon Coast Indivisible Alliance event; We protest peacefully. Business decisions do not take place in an ethical or economic vacuum. A decision to help establish or run an ICE facility on the Oregon coast is unethical. Establishing a detention facility in Newport will devastate communities and families up and down the coast. ICE kidnappings are already doing that. One has only to listen to the young woman who spoke at the recent Special Meeting in Newport or at Senator Ron Wyden’s Town Hall to know this is true. Stand together with us to inform those who are ignorant, encourage those who are uncertain, and support those who are afraid. Let our business neighbors know that, if they decide to serve DHS and ICE, they are not serving us. A core principle behind all Indivisible events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values.