Dear MoveOn member,
Every week this summer has brought new attacks from Trump against the rights and safety of immigrant families and communities.
Just last week, the Trump administration announced its intention to detain families indefinitely, defying a long-standing order on how to treat children in detention safely and with dignity. This follows unprecedented workplace raids that tore families apart, new rules designed to make families fear utilizing safety net programs like SNAP, and rhetoric from rally stages and Twitter that has fueled racist attacks, including acts of mass violence.
Trump is continuing to escalate his racist agenda.
But Congress has the power to take action and rein in these abuses—and that opportunity comes when House and Senate Democrats will play a critical role in passing a government spending bill by September 30.
That's right: All the Democrats who have expressed outrage can use their congressional power to force limits, accountability, and spending cuts on the agencies carrying out human rights abuses against immigrants at the border and across the U.S.
When our members of Congress get back to D.C. next week to debate the budget, let's make sure they return with the message that they must call ICE and CBP to account for their human rights abuses.
On the call, you'll
- hear our plan to create pressure on members of Congress while they are home and keep up that pressure when they return to Washington;
- get important info directly from leaders and issue experts from MoveOn, United We Dream, and the National Immigrant Justice Center on how we confront and stop Trump's attacks;
- learn more about the cruel strategies of the Trump administration, the impacts of these policies to immigrant families and communities; and
- most importantly—discover ways that you can take action.
It's crucial that our representatives hear from us now—loudly and clearly—that they must do everything in their power to rein in ICE and CBP.
This administration is ruthlessly intent on causing pain to immigrant and Latino communities. The most immediate action Congress can take to restrain these out-of-control agencies is by slashing the budgets they use to fund their cruelty.
RSVP here.
Since Trump assumed office, MoveOn members have consistently shown up to push back against the worst of his administration's racist policies. Together, hundreds of thousands of MoveOn members—from all walks of life—have taken to the streets, called Congress, signed petitions, chipped in to fund these important fights, and more. We've marched against the Muslim Ban, rallied against Trump's family separation policy, and acted in solidarity with Dreamers to pass important legislation that will set up the eventual passage of the Dream Act in the next administration.
Now, we have just days to make our voices heard before our members of Congress head back to Washington. Let's join together and stop Trump's deportation machine.
Thanks for all you do.
-Corinne, Emma, Ilya, Schuyler, and the rest of the team
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