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On July 30, a Surprise Police vehicle sat parked at the gate of the proposed ICE detention site, the officer chatting with a guard, while a chemical tanker blocked a fire hydrant a few yards away. That is what two months of city enforcement has produced on Sweetwater...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Statement: Northwest Valley Indivisible on Federal Agreement to Pause Surprise ICE Facility Organization Calls Filing a Partial but Substantial Victory, Says Fight Is Not Over SURPRISE, AZ, July 1, 2026 — The federal government just told a judge...

Northwest Valley Indivisible renews its call for the Surprise City Council to formally oppose the project. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 25, 2026 SURPRISE, Ariz. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled today that the federal government may revoke Temporary Protected Status for more...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 25, 2026 Contact: media@northwestvalleyindivisible.org SURPRISE, Ariz. — A hazardous chemical facility in Surprise, Arizona stores hundreds of thousands of pounds of industrial chemicals, including acutely hazardous gases, that become...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - April 24, 2026 Contact: media@northwestvalleyindivisible.org Northwest Valley Indivisible Responds to Attorney General Mayes' Lawsuit Against ICE Prison Camp SURPRISE, AZ — Northwest Valley Indivisible today expressed deep gratitude to Arizona...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 23, 2026Contact: media@northwestvalleyindivisible.org West Virginia Chemical Incident Underscores Unanswered Questions About ICE Warehouse Site in Surprise Community still waiting for information from city, county, state, DHS, GardaWorld,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 22, 2026 Council flees peaceful protest as council member puts ICE facility's zoning violations on record SURPRISE, AZ — The Surprise City Council abruptly adjourned and walked out of Tuesday night's meeting after residents staged a...

Mayor limits public comment, cuts public video feed — community responds with discipline and resolve SURPRISE, AZ — Hundreds of residents filled Surprise City Hall and the surrounding plaza Tuesday night for a charged public session on the proposed ICE detention...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 6, 2026 Contact: media@northwestvalleyindivisible.org HUNDREDS EXPECTED AT SURPRISE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AS COMMUNITY DEMANDS VOTE TO CALL ON DHS TO STOP ICE WAREHOUSE Four of Six Council Members Have Raised Public Concerns; Formal Vote...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: April 2, 2026 Contact: media@northwestvalleyindivisible.org FEDERAL RECORDS SHOW PLANNED SURPRISE ICE DETENTION CENTER MAY SIT INSIDE A CHEMICAL HAZARD ZONE SURPRISE, AZ — A hazardous chemical warehouse sits directly across the street from...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 28, 2026CONTACT: media@northwestvalleyindivisible.org NO KINGS 3 DRAWS 9,500 ACROSS ARIZONA'S 8TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT AS OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED ICE DETENTION FACILITY FUELS RECORD TURNOUT IN SURPRISE Agitators throw chemical vials into...

For Third Consecutive Meeting, Surprise Residents Pack City Council Chambers; Only 5 Supporters Have Appeared Across All Three Meetings SURPRISE, AZ — For the third consecutive city council meeting, Surprise residents turned out Tuesday night to demand action on the...

Surprise, AZ — February 5, 2026 Following unprecedented public opposition to a potential ICE detention facility in Surprise, some elected leaders are beginning to respond while others remain silent. After hundreds of residents packed a recent Surprise City Council...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Surprise, AZ — February 3, 2026 An estimated 800 residents and community members gathered at Surprise City Hall Tuesday night to voice overwhelming opposition to a proposed ICE detention facility in the city. The Surprise City Council meeting,...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Hundreds Expected in Surprise to Protest DHS Warehouse Purchase: “No ICE Facility in Surprise” Surprise, AZ — Northwest Valley Indivisible will hold its weekly peaceful protest this Saturday at 9:00 a.m. following multiple media reports that the...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No Kings Protests Return March 28 — Following Last Year's Unprecedented Massive, Peaceful Turnout Across Arizona’s 8th District Phoenix, AZ — Organizers with Northwest Valley Indivisible announced plans to mobilize again on March 28 as part of...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Surprise, AZ, January 27, 2025 Northwest Valley Indivisible mourns the killing of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse who was shot and killed by a federal law enforcement officer in Minneapolis last weekend. Alex was a caregiver by...

Update: This post has been updated to reflect additional verified audio and reporting related to the same event. Phoenix, AZ — Northwest Valley Indivisible (NWVI) condemns the conduct of Abe Hamadeh following his participation in a political event that combined...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UPDATE: Earlier today, Kilmar Abrego Garcia was released from ICE detention after a federal court granted habeas relief under the Supreme Court’s Zadvydas v. Davis precedent. This ruling reinforces the core argument raised in the case of Kelly...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESaturday, October 18, 2025 No Kings nationwide is the largest protest in U.S. history PHOENIX, AZ – Thousands of Arizonans lined Bell Road today — part of an estimated 8,061 participants across ten sites in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District —...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PHOENIX, AZ — October 14, 2025 — A 14-mile stretch of Bell Road will fill with thousands of peaceful protesters this Saturday, October 18, from 9–11 a.m., as the “No Kings” movement returns to Arizona’s 8th...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASESeptember 25, 2025 SURPRISE, AZ — Members of Northwest Valley Indivisible (NWVI) gathered this morning outside the Surprise district office of Representative Abe Hamadeh to peacefully exercise their constitutional right to free speech and assembly...

Press Release For Immediate ReleaseNorthwest Valley Indivisible Urges Members Not to Protest Charlie Kirk’s Memorial Service Glendale, AZ — September 19, 2025 Northwest Valley Indivisible (NWVI) is urging its members and supporters not to protest at Charlie Kirk’s...

For Immediate ReleaseSeptember 1, 2025 ELOY, AZ — On Sunday, August 31, Republican leader Lisa Everett and progressive activist Brent Peak visited detained Peoria resident Kelly Yu at the Eloy Detention Center. Yu has now been held for 96 days and faces imminent...

Peoria, AZ — Constituents of Arizona’s 8th Congressional District gathered outside the Trilogy community in Peoria today to protest Rep. Abe Hamadeh’s vote for the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill,” which critics call the Big Ugly Bill for driving up costs...

For Immediate Release Phoenix, AZ — August 20, 2025 — At a meeting this week with Democrats from Arizona's 28th and 29th legislative districts, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes confirmed what thousands of Arizonans already know: grassroots protests are putting real...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 11, 2025 Only Days Left to Save Peoria Mother from Deportation — Northwest Valley Indivisible Urges Rep. Hamadeh to Act UPDATE: We urge everyone to also send a message to the White House at https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/. Time is...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 7, 2025 Three Strikes and He’s Out of Town: Rep. Hamadeh Dodges Constituents Again Peoria, AZ — For the third time in a row, constituents showed up to Rep. Abe Hamadeh’s so-called “mobile office hours” to drop off letters for him — and...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 2, 2025 Constituents to Deliver “Speak Up CD8” Letters at Hamadeh’s Mobile Office Hours Northwest Valley Indivisible Challenges Rep. Hamadeh: Will He Strike Out a Third Time? Peoria, AZ – On Thursday, August 7, community members will gather...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 19, 2025 Peoria, AZ — Northwest Valley Indivisible is calling on Congressman Abe Hamadeh to take immediate action to assist a Peoria mother and longtime community member, Kelly Yu, who was detained by ICE during a routine check-in earlier...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 18, 2025 Peoria, AZ — Northwest Valley Indivisible is raising concerns about a growing appearance of mutual political favoritism between Congressman Abe Hamadeh and Peoria Mayor Jason Beck. Earlier this year, Northwest Valley Indivisible led...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 17, 2025 Peoria, AZ — On the Good Trouble Lives On National Day of Action, Northwest Valley Indivisible organized a 40-car caravan from Surprise to the Peoria Public Library—site of Representative Abe Hamadeh’s advertised mobile office hours....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 11, 2025Phoenix, AZContact: media@northwestvalleyindivisible.org Today, Northwest Valley Indivisible stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Senator Mark Kelly at a press conference hosted at the IBEW Lodge in Phoenix, where Kelly brought concerned...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 3, 2025 PEORIA, AZ — This morning, dozens of local residents gathered outside Sunrise Mountain Library for a peaceful protest and community letter drop organized by Northwest Valley Indivisible. The event was planned to coincide with...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJune 23, 2025Contact: contactnwvi@gmail.com SURPRISE, AZ — Nearly six months into his first term, Rep. Abe Hamadeh has yet to hold a single public event open to constituents in Arizona’s 8th Congressional District. His only two appearances — one...

PEORIA, AZ, June 22, 2025 -- At last week’s Peoria City Council meeting, Mayor Jason Beck called for respectful, lawful dialogue between citizens and government — citing recent violence against police officers and the need for civil discourse. But moments later, Mayor...

PHOENIX, ARIZONA, June 22, 2025 — A festive but defiant atmosphere dominated Happy Valley Road on Saturday morning in north Phoenix as eighty West Valley residents gathered to exercise their First Amendment Rights and demand an end to the Trump administration’s...

Grassroots Coalition Sends Peaceful but Powerful Message to Trump and Hamadeh PHOENIX, AZ, June 14, 2025 — In a powerful display of civic action, over 5,700 residents across Arizona’s 8th Congressional District gathered the morning of Saturday, June 14, at seven key...

SURPRISE, AZ, April 8, 2025 — At a peaceful protest held Monday morning outside Rep. Abraham Hamadeh’s district office, constituents were once again reminded of the stark double standard that has become routine at the location. While protestors have been repeatedly...

SURPRISE, AZ — March 24, 2025 — At 9 a.m. this morning, more than 65 constituents gathered outside the Surprise office of Representative Hamadeh to peacefully demand a public town hall. The demonstration, organized by Northwest Valley Indivisible, was focused on a...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 18, 2025 Contact: media@northwestvalleyindivisible.org Surprise, AZ – More than 200 constituents gathered at the Universalist Unitarian Church on March 17 for a People’s Town Hall after Representative Abraham Hamadeh declined repeated...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 20, 2025 Surprise, AZ – Sixty constituents gathered outside Representative Abe Hamadeh’s office yesterday to demand that he take action against Elon Musk’s interference in government operations. The protest, organized...