Overview

• On July 19, hundreds of local residents and activists rallied at Don Biddle Park to oppose proposed plans to convert FCI Dublin into an ICE detention center.
• FCI Dublin was closed in April 2024 following a class-action lawsuit and a $115 million settlement over rampant sexual violence, toxic mold, asbestos and sewage leaks.
• Speakers at the protest invoked Japanese American internment and warned that reopening the site would echo past injustices by creating a modern “concentration camp” for immigrants.
• Organizers from Tsuru for Solidarity and the ICE Out of Dublin Coalition are urging the Department of Homeland Security to sign a legal covenant keeping the facility permanently closed.
• Protesters also criticized the reliance on for-profit contractors such as Civicore and the GEO Group to operate ICE detention centers in California.