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  • After months of protests, Citizens Bank stops extending credit to ICE contractors

    07/23/2026 12:27:23 PM PDT · by lowbridge · 36 replies
    phillyvoice.com ^ | July 20, 2026 | Kristin Hunt
    Citizens Bank said it will exit lending agreements with two private prison operators after receiving intense public scrutiny over those relationships. The financial group announced in a statement Friday that it would stop extending credit to GEO Group and CoreCivic. The companies, which collectively run about 130 facilities in the United States, contract with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to provide detention centers. Numerous progressive groups have protested Citizens Bank's business dealings with GEO Group and CoreCivic in recent months, calling on the company to sever ties through pickets outside bank branches and even a flyover banner across the...