To: Mr. Robert Doucette, Building Owner, 401 S. Salina Street, Syracuse, NY
WE THE UNDERSIGNED are appalled and outraged that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an institution involved in systematic harassment, intimidation, and abuse of immigrant communities, is operating with impunity in Syracuse, from an office located within your premises at 401 S. Salina Street. ICE agents routinely carry out raids in our neighborhoods, on public transportation, and in public areas and workplaces in and around the city, demanding that ordinary people, who have done nothing wrong, “show their papers.” These raids terrorize our immigrant and refugee communities, and people of color more generally, and create an atmosphere of fear and anxiety for Syracuse’s immigrants and refugees, their families, and their friends and co-workers. These raids are also an infringement of our Constitutional right to freedom of movement and assembly.
On July 31, 2018, more than 100 people took part in a protest that issued ICE an “eviction notice” for having violated the basic human rights of residents in and around Syracuse. Ten people were arrested in your building that day for standing up against ICE’s racist and xenophobic mandate.
Mr. Doucette, we demand that, in keeping with the most basic tenets of humanity, you terminate, and refuse to renew, the lease that allows ICE to run its Gestapo-style operations from an office in your building. Our understanding is that the current lease expires August 2019. We ask that you immediately, and publicly, state your intention to evict ICE when the current lease expires.
Evict ICE Coalition:
Workers' Center of Central New York
Syracuse Immigrant and Refugee Defense Network
International Socialist Organization - Syracuse
Democratic Socialists of America - Syracuse
Updates
January 20, 2019
Seeing this level of support reminds me that we are not willing to let fear dictate the streets of our city. I spent the morning reading through the messages you left and I am overwhelmed by the shared commitment to protecting our neighbors from these raids.
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Get them out of our city. We dont need that kind of stuff happening in our downtown area.
My neighbors have been terrified to even go to the store because of these raids. Shame on the landlord for letting them stay.
Syracuse should be a place where everyone feels safe. Kicking them out is the only right thing to do.
Do the right thing. Terminate the lease now.
PUT AN END TO THIS. NO ONE SHOULD BE LIVING IN FEAR IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD!!!!
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To: Mr. Robert Doucette, Building Owner, 401 S. Salina Street, Syracuse, NY
WE THE UNDERSIGNED are appalled and outraged that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), an institution involved in systematic harassment, intimidation, and abuse of immigrant communities, is operating with impunity in Syracuse, from an office located within your premises at 401 S. Salina Street. ICE agents routinely carry out raids in our neighborhoods, on public transportation, and in public areas and workplaces in and around the city, demanding that ordinary people, who have done nothing wrong, “show their papers.” These raids terrorize our immigrant and refugee communities, and people of color more generally, and create an atmosphere of fear and anxiety for Syracuse’s immigrants and refugees, their families, and their friends and co-workers. These raids are also an infringement of our Constitutional right to freedom of movement and assembly.
On July 31, 2018, more than 100 people took part in a protest that issued ICE an “eviction notice” for having violated the basic human rights of residents in and around Syracuse. Ten people were arrested in your building that day for standing up against ICE’s racist and xenophobic mandate.
Mr. Doucette, we demand that, in keeping with the most basic tenets of humanity, you terminate, and refuse to renew, the lease that allows ICE to run its Gestapo-style operations from an office in your building. Our understanding is that the current lease expires August 2019. We ask that you immediately, and publicly, state your intention to evict ICE when the current lease expires.
Evict ICE Coalition:
Workers' Center of Central New York
Syracuse Immigrant and Refugee Defense Network
International Socialist Organization - Syracuse
Democratic Socialists of America - Syracuse
Updates
January 20, 2019
Seeing this level of support reminds me that we are not willing to let fear dictate the streets of our city. I spent the morning reading through the messages you left and I am overwhelmed by the shared commitment to protecting our neighbors from these raids.
6 Comments
this is so sad to see happening in syracuse. hope they find a new building to rent out that isnt profiting off of hurting families
Get them out of our city. We dont need that kind of stuff happening in our downtown area.
My neighbors have been terrified to even go to the store because of these raids. Shame on the landlord for letting them stay.
Syracuse should be a place where everyone feels safe. Kicking them out is the only right thing to do.
Do the right thing. Terminate the lease now.
PUT AN END TO THIS. NO ONE SHOULD BE LIVING IN FEAR IN THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD!!!!
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this is so sad to see happening in syracuse. hope they find a new building to rent out that isnt profiting off of hurting families