Brown union to pull $500K from Citizens Bank over ICE ties. Boston faith leaders may follow.

By: Christopher Shea

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: April 23, 2026

Words: 1,664

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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The union representing working graduate and undergraduate students at Brown University will withdraw nearly half a million dollars from Rhode Island’s largest bank, aiming to pressure it to cut ties with private prison companies that detain immigrants on behalf of the Trump administration.

A group of Boston-area churches plans to pull about $1 million if leaders at Citizens Bank do not meet with them within a week to discuss similar demands to no longer financially …

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