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    ICE officials have tentatively selected the affluent and bucolic town of southwest ranches as the sole location for their newest Immigration prison deportation processing center. Pines is the largest City in the state of so the City Commission expects that the President should at least respond to this important for from the Commission on behalf of its residents and businesses that would be threatened most by this facility. Nearly a month has passed and the President has not yet responded to this official resolution.

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    ICE officials have tentatively selected the affluent and bucolic town of southwest ranches as the sole location for their newest Immigration prison deportation processing center. Pines is the largest City in the state of so the City Commission expects that the President should at least respond to this important for from the Commission on behalf of its residents and businesses that would be threatened most by this facility. Nearly a month has passed and the President has not yet responded to this official resolution.

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    ICE officials have tentatively selected the affluent and bucolic town of southwest ranches as the sole location for their newest Immigration prison deportation processing center. Pines is the largest City in the state of so the City Commission expects that the President should at least respond to this important for from the Commission on behalf of its residents and businesses that would be threatened most by this facility. Nearly a month has passed and the President has not yet responded to this official resolution.

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    MEDIA ADVISORY: Wednesay, February 29, 2012 MEDIA CONTACTS: Shirley Merchant (754) 223-9707 notprisontown@gmail.com www.noprisonswr.org facebook.com/ swranchesdetentioncenter CityofPembrokePinesawaitsresponsefromthePOTUSregardinglargest ImmigrationDetentionCenter

    Wednesday,February29,2012ThePembrokePinesCityCommissionpassed Resolution3330directedtothePresidentoftheUnitedStates,BarackObama,on February1,2012byaunanimousvoteaskingthatheintercedewitharecent announcementthatICEofficialshavetentativelyselectedtheaffluentandbucolic TownofSouthwestRanchesasthesolelocationfortheirnewestImmigrationPrison /DeportationProcessingCenter. TheMiamiHeraldreportedontheimpactofthegrassrootsresidentsmovement againsttheprisonandtheirgrowthinsophisticationastheyformedaPAC,andas theyescalatetheissueintoafullblownpoliticalcampaignwithnational ramificationsduetoDNCChairwomanDebbieWassermanSchultzsandSenatorBill Nelsonsilladvisedwrittenendorsementoftheproject.Readmorehere: http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/02/23/2655981/campaignsgearupfor against.html ThesiteisaSouthwestRanchesislandoflandoutsidetheTownsmaincontiguous sectionsandissurroundedbybothCityofPembrokePinesresidentsand unincorporatedBrowardCountyland.Thereare16,000homesand24,000school childrenwithinafewmileradiusoftheproposedprison. PembrokePinesisthe11thlargestcityintheStateofFlorida,sotheCity CommissionexpectsthatthePresidentshouldatleastrespondtothisimportant cryforhelpfromtheCommissiononbehalfofitsresidentsandbusinessesthat wouldbethreatenedmostbythisfacility.Nearlyamonthhaspassedandthe Presidenthasnotyetrespondedtothisofficialresolution. NoneoftheRepublicanpresidentialfrontrunnershavecommentedonthesitingof theseSecureCommunitiesprisonshereaswellasinotherDemocraticstrongholds suchasCrete,IL,justsouthwestofChicago,PresidentObamasoldhometown. SecureCommunitiesisanICEinitiativetodeport400,000illegalaliensayearwith criminalinvolvementandallegedlyrequiresthebuildingofmanynewprivatelyrun prisons/deportationprocessingcenters. WillthePresidentstepinandprotectthepeopleinthisareafromaprojectthathas beenkeptsilentbyCorrectionsCorporationofAmerica,LLCthroughinviteonly advisorymeetingspolicyofaconeofsilencebytheTownofSouthwestRanches identifiedthroughpublicrecordsrequestsandimplementedbyrequestofDHS/ICE andCCA?SouthwestRancheshas7200residentsandissituatedbetweenWeston andPembrokePineswithmorethan200,000residentsinbothmunicipalities affectedbySouthwestRanchesdecision,SenatorNelsonsandCongresswoman Schultzsendorsementtobringthistroublesomefacilityintothearea.

    HistoricalBackground CorrectionsCorporationofAmerica,LLC(CCA)purchasedthreeparcelsofland totaling20acresin1998fromlandbaronRonaldBergeron.Mr.Bergeronsold otherparcelstohomedevelopersascloseas2000feetwayfromtheparcelsthat CCAhadpurchased.CCAwaiteduntilthatareawasbuiltupwithhighdensity plannedcommunities,stateoftheartschools,andapristinenaturepreservebefore announcingtheirintenttocourtICEforwhatwouldbethebiggestimmigrant deportationcenterinthecountry.Thisfacilitywasoriginallyplannedtobethree timeslargerthantheKromeDetentionCentertwentymilesawaysouthoftheCCA facility. ResidentswhorecentlylearnedaboutthisplaninJuneof2011becameoutraged thatanyonewouldthinkofexpandingprisonconstructioninwestBrowardCounty. Thesoleprisonlocatedoutwest,BrowardCorrectionalInstitution,isastaterun facilityofdormitorystylehousingandhasbeenslatedtocloseonMay1stof2012 duetothedeclineinstatewideprisonpopulationaswellastheageofthefacility (builtcirca1977). Wearenotawareiftheexpansionofpopulationinthesurroundingareamayhave hadbeenadeterminingfactorintheStateofFloridasdecisiontoclosethisfacility; however,thelandscapeinwestBrowardhaschangedradicallyoverthepastforty years.TheCityofPembrokePinesisworkingcloselywithBrowardCountyto ensurethatthefacilityisdowngradedfromprisonuseinanefforttorevitalizethe area.BCIsclosurewasalwaysthehopeoftheresidents.Thisshouldbeatimeto takeaseriouslookatthedevelopmentinthearea,andtodevelopenvironmentally friendlyindustries,whicharecompatiblewithlifeontheedgeoftheEverglades. http://www.noprisonswr.org

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