MARANA, Ariz. – Kristin Downing has lived in Marana for more than 20 years. She raised two teenagers in the northwest Tucson suburb, taking them to the local park, the library and the community pool. She is also a community organizer with Pima Resists ICE (PRICE), a recently formed organization fighting the potential opening of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center in Marana.
On Tuesday night, Downing addressed her elected representatives for the first time during the Town of Marana’s weekly council meeting.
“I sat out here in the audience for the past couple of months, watching person after person get up here and talk like Alyssa just did, shaking hands, shaking voices. It’s scary,” Downing said. “And people come up here and lay themselves bare and vulnerable and tell you why and how this detention center will impact them.”…