Tell Congress: Do not fund hate

I just watched United We Dream’s livestream from Capitol Hill and wept as young immigrants described mothers screaming as they’re separated from their children, and deaths in detention due to callous mistreatment and lack of medical care.

Today or tomorrow Congress will vote on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding deal, which determines ICE and CBP capacity for deportations and detention, along with the six other funding bills Congress needs to pass to avoid another shutdown.

Unfortunately, there is a lot of misinformation on Capitol Hill right now about the way this bill allows ICE and CBP to detain even more of our immigrant loved ones. Can you call and let your member of Congress know that you stand with immigrants and oppose expanded detention? ☎️ 202-224-3121 ☎️

Make sure to ask for your Representative or Senator. If you don't know your members of Congress, share your zip code and the switchboard will transfer you.

You can say:

"Hi, I'm _____, and I'm a resident of _____, I want Rep./Sen._____ to know that I’m disappointed Congress is about to expand immigrant detention with the DHS funding bill this week. This bill will NOT decrease detention, and will therefore hurt immigrants. I do NOT support funding for ICE and CBP to harm immigrant communities, and I will have the Rep./Sen.’s back if he/she stands up for immigrants.”

#defundhate

Democrats could vote as early as today on a DHS budget deal that would hand Trump more than $1 billion for his wall and the power to throw more immigrants behind bars.1

Democrats should be fighting for a DHS budget that reflects progressive values. This proposal is a compromise to hate. Will you call Rep. Kirkpatrick and Sen. Sinema to demand that they reject it?

Call Rep. Kirkpatrick and Sen. Sinema: If you cave on Trump's wall, we will pay the price.

The DHS budget proposal would reportedly:2

• Hand Trump more than $1 billion for his border wall
• Increase the number of people ICE and CBP can jail each day
• Allow the Trump regime to continue to steal money from other agencies to keep more immigrants behind bars
• Arm Trump's deportation force with the latest surveillance technology

Approving any funding for Trump's wall sanctions his manufactured border crisis and attacks on immigrants.

Rewarding Trump's rogue deportation force by handing it more detention dollars is a slap in the face to immigrants and allies whose friends and family members suffered horrific abuse or died in ICE custody.

References:

1. Aida Chávez and Ryan Grim, "Immigrant rights groups trash border deal: 'Immigrant families will pay the price,'" The Intercept, Feb. 13, 2019.
2. Dara Lind, "Congress’s deal on immigration detention, explained,'" Vox, Feb. 12, 2019.

Contact your Senators:

Sen. Kyrsten Sinama

202-224-4521

https://www.sinema.senate.gov/contact

Phone (520) 670-6334

Sen. Martha McSally

(520) 670-6334

(202) 224-2235

To find out who your Representative is, just find your district and use that to look up your Rep.

More Sources:

1. VOA News, Political Impasse Turns from Border Wall to Beds in Immigration Debate
2. The Hill, Progressives say Congress must reject funding for more ICE agents
3. LA Times, Border funding fight bogs down over detention beds. Here's why
4. Buzzfeed News, A Record Number Of Immigrants Are Detained In The US. Blame Trump’s “Draconian” Policies, A Former ICE Official Says.