Help De-ICE Signature Aviation disrupt the mass deportation infrastructure! Join their public pressure campaign against Signature Aviation.

Why Signature Aviation?

• It has stopped servicing ICE flights at 3 airports—Newark, Seattle and Trenton—in response to activists’ efforts. 
• Unlike other businesses, it doesn’t depend on ICE money and stands to lose little financially. 
• Transporting shackled detainees poses significant reputational risk to a company whose brand is one of luxury.   
• Its charitable mission is focused on anti-human trafficking–shockingly incompatible with participation in the mass deportation agenda. 

What You Can Do 

Help nearby immigrants! Let’s begin by targeting Signature Aviation’s headquarters (Orlando, FL), Hanscom Field (Bedford, MA), Logan Airport and Buffalo Niagara Airport.

Week 1: Phone employees at those locations. Call script and phone numbers provided.

Week 2: Email/Send letters to employees at those locations. Script and addresses provide.

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Monday, October 26
11:45-1:45

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Friday, November 6
11:45-1:45

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Friday, November 17
11:45-1:45

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Meet at Depot Square, Lexington

Do you wonder how ICE transports detainees from New England to ICE prisons in other states?  Do you know where they fly from, which airlines are involved, and which corporations support the mass deportation infrastructure?  Come find out what is happening in your backyard, who is enabling it and what you can do about it.

This action will be a combined tour and protest.  After an informational pre-tour talk, we will take MBTA bus #76 from Lexington to Hanscom Field and back.  On the bus, we will hold signs in the windows calling out Signature Aviation for its role in mass deportations.  At Hanscom Field, we will stay on the bus and observe the airfield and Signature Aviation’s significant presence. 

The pre-tour talk will be illustrated by photos taken by ICE flight trackers.  All participants will be invited to join a public pressure campaign to stop Signature Aviation from servicing ICE flights, as well as other actions you can take to protect your neighbors.

Parking

Parking is available in the town parking lots, which use the paybyphone parking app (https://www.paybyphone.com), and in parking lots behind stores on Mass Avenue.

Bring

• Bus Fare:  $1.70 ($.85 for seniors) or Charlie card

Signs

• Signature Aviation Supports Human Trafficking
• Signature Aviation Supports Mass Deportations
• Signature Aviation: Stop Servicing ICE Flights
• Signature Aviation: Stop Re-Fueling ICE Aircraft
• Signature Aviation: Stop All Maintenance of ICE Aircraft
• Signature Aviation: Stop Enabling Torture
• Signature Aviation: Start Serving Humanity, Not ICE Flights

For more information, email De-ICE Signature aviation.

Saturday, September 26, Bus leaves Crosby’s (Concord, MA) at 10:30 sharp |

11:00 a.m – 1:00 p.m., Protest at Burlington ICE Facility, 1000 District Ave, Burlington, MA |

Let ICE know we’re watching and let detainees know we care! We’re hoping to boost turnout, so Concord Indivisible will provide a bus  to the protest, leaving from Crosby’s at 10:30 sharp. $10, limited space. Reserve your seat and leave the Burlington parking to us, or meet us there.

*Note* If you’re planning to drive yourself, learn where to park so you are least likely to be towed. There is no parking at 1000 District Ave nor on the street, and some local businesses tow.

Email Boston Dynamics Interim CEO and CFO Amanda McMasters

Copy and Paste the email below, then edit. -OR- Click below to open a pre-filled email — just add your name and city, make any other edits you like, then hit send.

To: AMcMaster@BostonDynamics.com

Subject:  Do you trust ICE not to violate your company’s ethics principles?

Suggested Message:

Dear Ms. McMasters,

I was distressed to learn of the plan for US Immigrations and Enforcement (ICE) to enter into a contract with Boston Dynamics for the purchase of the company’s Spot Robot Dogs. 

Your website states that you “strive to create a future in which humans and machines work together to improve everyone’s safety, productivity and quality of life,” and that the robots must work “in service of human needs.” Government use of robots, you note, must not involve “violation of privacy and civil rights laws.”

Yet ICE has repeatedly demonstrated that it is incapable of acting in a manner consistent with these principles in its use of violence, in targeting individuals exercising their Constitutional rights, and in resisting all efforts to be held accountable for its actions.

ICE may claim their interest in Spot is for purely defensive purposes, but your company should note what ICE calls a defensive action. For example, ICE agents have claimed self-defense when they have shot at people in vehicles, despite video evidence that the agents were never in harm’s way. In July, a New York Times investigation found that nearly half of 400-plus resolved assault cases brought against protesters and immigrants unraveled, often because agents were found to have initiated force. It is frightening to consider how far a rogue agency like ICE can go when provided with powerful technology.

Bottom line: Boston Dynamics should not want to be associated with an agency that is tearing communities apart with seemingly little concern for civil rights and human decency. Please reconsider the contract and join the growing number of companies that are choosing to stand by their own principles and on the right side of history.

[Your Name]

[Your City, State]

Want an easier option? Click below to open a pre-filled email — just add your name and city, make any other edits you like, then hit send.

The Metrowest Worker Center (“Casa”) needs to raise immediate funds for direct support to immigrant families affected by workplace injury / unjust labor practices, ongoing housing, legal and other crises including the recent wave of ICE aggression in our communities. 

Families have been torn apart and community systems de-stabilized by these recent immigration sweeps leading to the aggressive detention and incarceration of individuals who not only serve as family breadwinners, but also as community pillars. Their challenges–including cruel detention by federal authorities–translate to costly legal expenses, housing and food insecurity, children losing parents, medical and transportation challenges, as well as the need for emotional comfort and mental health support.

Your generous donations will go directly to families & individuals* requiring: 

• Housing Needs
• Food Support
• Medical care & Associated Costs
• Transportation to school & important appointments 
• Legal services
• Crisis support
• And the everyday needs now made difficult by devastating events

*Funds go directly into the community in the form of mutual aid checks and life giving goods & services, and not towards Casa’s general operating costs.

Please donate now as the needs are both deep and urgent. And please know, your support is immensely appreciated 🙏