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The petition to Congress reads:
"Stand up for survivors of Donald Trump's cruel zero-tolerance and family separation policies. Pass the Families Belong Together Act."
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Ripping immigrant children from their families is an unconscionable act. Yet multiple Trump officials revealed last week that they failed to raise any flags or concerns about this cruel policy. They appear to have carried it out without hesitation.1
Until Congress holds every Trump enabler accountable and the government frees and reunites every family it tore apart, this crisis will continue to plague the lives of immigrant survivors and the American people. Rep. Joaquin Castro and Sen. Richard Blumenthal recently introduced legislation that would begin to repair the damage Trump's zero-tolerance and family separation policies inflicted on asylum seekers.2 Speak out now to demand that Congress pass this important bill.
A horrific new report just revealed that thousands of immigrant children have been sexually abused in detention centers over the past four years. It also showed that complaints of abuse sharply increased when Trump took office.3
This report further proves that ICE and CBP are dangerous rogue agencies. They already have long records of abuse, mismanagement and corruption, made worse by Trump's racist regime. No one – especially children – belongs in ICE custody. Despite all this, a majority of Democrats just joined Republicans in passing a DHS budget bill that expands this violent deportation force. Democrats need to do better.
Passing the Families Belong Together Act is a step in the right direction. It would give many immigrant survivors of Trump's zero-tolerance and family separation policies the opportunity to:4
The bill would also increase funding for federal programs to educate immigrant children and parents on their legal rights and help facilitate their access to counsel.
Even though the Families Belong Together Act has no chance of becoming law under this administration, it's important that we build momentum for it now and force every member of Congress to make their positions clear. Will they stand with a racist administration that is escalating state-sanctioned child abuse or immigrants and the progressive allies who have their backs? Add your name now to make sure Democrats and Republicans of good conscience do the right thing.
Tell Congress: Pass the Families Belong Together Act. Click the link below to sign the petition.
- Nicole Regalado, CREDO Action from Working Assets
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Monday, March 4, 2019
Tell Congress: Pass the Families Belong Together Act
Sunday, February 17, 2019
Resistance needed in Arizona: Stand up to Trump's #FakeNationalEmergency
| A Weak and Rambling President Declares a Fake National Emergency. | |
Defend our communities and democracy this President's Day. RSVP now to resist Trump's illegal national emergency.
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This President's Day, CREDO and our friends at MoveOn, Win Without War and United We Dream are taking this fight to the streets and calling on progressives to show up in force and demand that Congress rein Trump in. Will you join us? Trump's fake national emergency is an unconstitutional and illegal power grab. We need to force Congress to revoke it immediately.
Abusing emergency powers to bypass Congress and force American taxpayers to pay for a racist wall they don't even want is undemocratic and unconstitutional. It's also extremely dangerous.
Declaring a state of emergency gives Trump access to more than 100 statutory powers that would allow him to override the laws that protect our civil rights and civil liberties and unleash a range of nightmarish scenarios at the border and in communities across the country.1 He'll be more able than ever to escalate attacks on immigrants, communities of color, Muslims and Black and Brown people.
This kind of illegal power grab is exactly why we have three branches of government. Under the National Emergencies Act, Congress can revoke a declaration of emergency. It can and must use its authority to stand up to Trump now, before he erodes our democratic institutions any further.
Trump himself is the emergency, and Congress has the power – and the responsibility – to respond. We have the power – and the responsibility – to force Congress to act.
Stand up to Trump's #FakeNationalEmergency on Monday. Click the link below to RSVP for an event near you.
- Nicole Regalado, CREDO Action
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This calls for MORE ACTION!
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) plan to introduce a bill to stop President Trump's emergency declaration. A congressional aide tells a reporter from The Hill: "We've got people flooding in to support this."
Congress needs to stop this -- now. Emergency powers must be reserved for actual emergencies.
We will share the momentum of this petition with key allies in Congress as they decide how and whether to push back. Elizabeth Warren's response was immediate: "I want to be absolutely clear: this ridiculous wall isn't a national emergency, and Donald Trump isn't a king. We'll fight this with everything we've got."
Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal wrote, "Every single member of Congress swore an oath to defend our Constitution. House and Senate Republicans need to join Democrats and defend our Constitution from Donald Trump's #FakeTrumpEmergency."
Even some conservatives are breaking from Trump. The head of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce called it "a dangerous precedent that erodes the very system of government that has served us so well for over 200 years."
-- The PCCC Team
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