Last night, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a short-term budget resolution to fund Homeland Security with over $5 billion in taxpayer money for Trump's border wall. The Senate will vote TODAY, as early as 10:00 am MST on whether to pass this bill — and as a constituent of Senator Flake, you have an important role in this fight: He could vote either way and decide its fate.
CALL NOW: Senator Flake must vote NO on this bad budget bill and refuse to fund Trump's border wall. DHS doesn't deserve even more of our taxpayer money — and certainly not for the needless, wasteful, and harmful border wall.
The only reason this budget bill is moving forward in Congress is because Trump is refusing to budge on his border wall obsession. The Senate already passed a short-term budget resolution that didn't include border wall funding. But because Trump has made crystal clear that he won't sign any funding bill — even threatening a government shutdown — if he doesn't get to spend our money on the border wall, Senators are flying back to the Capitol to vote on a new bill that includes $5 billion for Trump's wall.
Most people in this country are against the border wall, and it's easy to see why: The wall would not only be a tool of xenophobia, but it would devastate communities, nature, and history in Texas' Rio Grande Valley and other parts of the border region. Funding the wall would reward Trump for his brutal crackdown on immigrants throughout the country, including the cruel, unprecedented family separation policy that his administration spearheaded.
Senator Flake is wavering on this vote, and we have little time left to demand he votes NO: Call Senator Flake right now and demand he refuse this bad budget bill, which allocates billions of our taxpayer money for the wall.
The border wall is nothing more than a monument to Trump's ego, and if we don't act now, then he'll get his wish at our expense. It's up to us to force senators to do the right thing today and vote NO on Trump's border wall.
- Alessandra Soler, Executive Director, ACLU of Arizona
Washington, D.C. Office
P: 202-224-4521
F: 202-228-0515
The only reason this budget bill is moving forward in Congress is because Trump is refusing to budge on his border wall obsession. The Senate already passed a short-term budget resolution that didn't include border wall funding. But because Trump has made crystal clear that he won't sign any funding bill — even threatening a government shutdown — if he doesn't get to spend our money on the border wall, Senators are flying back to the Capitol to vote on a new bill that includes $5 billion for Trump's wall.
Most people in this country are against the border wall, and it's easy to see why: The wall would not only be a tool of xenophobia, but it would devastate communities, nature, and history in Texas' Rio Grande Valley and other parts of the border region. Funding the wall would reward Trump for his brutal crackdown on immigrants throughout the country, including the cruel, unprecedented family separation policy that his administration spearheaded.
Senator Flake is wavering on this vote, and we have little time left to demand he votes NO: Call Senator Flake right now and demand he refuse this bad budget bill, which allocates billions of our taxpayer money for the wall.
The border wall is nothing more than a monument to Trump's ego, and if we don't act now, then he'll get his wish at our expense. It's up to us to force senators to do the right thing today and vote NO on Trump's border wall.
- Alessandra Soler, Executive Director, ACLU of Arizona
Contact Sen. Jeff Flake:
Tucson Office
F: 520-797-3232
F: 520-797-3232
P: 202-224-4521
F: 202-228-0515
(Left a message here.)
Phoenix Office
P: 602-840-1891
Sample script:
Once connected, introduce yourself to the congressional staffer who answers the phone and say:
Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and my zip code is [YOUR ZIP]. Do not use my taxpayer money to fund the Department of Homeland Security as it asks for even more resources to build Trump's wall, detain families, abuse immigrant children, and terrorize communities. Thank you.
Phoenix Office
P: 602-840-1891
(Left a message here)
Website:
Sample script:
Once connected, introduce yourself to the congressional staffer who answers the phone and say:
Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and my zip code is [YOUR ZIP]. Do not use my taxpayer money to fund the Department of Homeland Security as it asks for even more resources to build Trump's wall, detain families, abuse immigrant children, and terrorize communities. Thank you.
NO to DHS. NO to the WALL.
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