Divestment TREND + Campaign Trend. Divest from Federal Government or its policies

Examples of calls for investments that relate to federal government actions:

• Pension Funds educators petitioned the California State Teachers’ Retirement System to divest from private prison operators that operate immigration detention centers
• All State Fund. New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli divested state funds from private prison contractors that operate immigration detention centers
• Politician’s Personal Divestment. Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner of Illinois opponents are calling on his personal divestment from a private equity fund owned by a health care group servicing ICE detention centers
• University Contracts. University of Alabama at Birmingham, the University of Maryland College Park and Virginia Tech are being called upon to divest from ICE related contracts

Governing | Colleges, Cities and Pension Funds Pressured to Cut ICE Ties