[Take action] ICE and CBP

Immigration should be a safe and empowering choice. Congress must hold ICE and CBP accountable for committing human rights abuses.

Dear MoveOn member,

It was just two years ago that the massive white nationalist march in Charlottesville, VA, chilled the nation and forced the country to grapple with the rise of hatred in our communities. And we continue to see the rise in white supremacist violence and rhetoric today—in the recent attacks aimed at immigrants and Latino communities. Just last week, immigrant and Latino communities were relentlessly attacked by the Trump administration and right-wing assailants, from El Paso, TX, to towns across Mississippi.

Immigration should be a safe and empowering choice. Everyone should have the freedom to move and freedom to stay based on what is best for them to thrive. 

But we've seen time and time again—from kids being ripped from their parents to massive workplace raids to intentional overcrowding in detention to today's administrative rule that keeps families from basic safety net programs—that Trump and the Republicans are working against this vision.

Over the past month, MoveOn members from all walks of life have come together to rally to close the camps and have compelled members of Congress and presidential candidates to visit detention camps around the country. We've joined with allies to speak out against the hate-fueled violence in El Paso as well as Dayton.

 

But this dangerous violence is coming from the most powerful office in America—and Congress must stop funding the federal agencies that comprise the administration's terrorizing deportation machine, which is ripping families and communities apart, sending longtime American residents to countries in which they have never lived, and practicing inhumane treatment leading to deaths in U.S. custody. Every penny given to ICE and CBP causes more pain for immigrant and refugee families. 

 

We must join together and demand Congress slash Trump's detention and deportation funds and hold ICE and CBP accountable in the upcoming spending fight. That's why we created a new resource page with many different actions you can take right now.

Will you check out and share this important, new action resource page to stand with immigrants and the Latino community and against the violence of white supremacy?

These agencies, ICE and CBP, defy court orders, ignore spending limits from Congress, and continue to prioritize terrorizing immigrants. In last week's workplace raid, ICE ignored its own protocols that would have limited the harm to children. But Congress has the power to rein in these agencies—and Democrats, in particular, who have spoken out against this administration's terror against immigrants, have a responsibility to use their power this fall to close the camps, keep families together, and defund hate. 

Congress must #CloseTheCamps, cut ICE and CBP's budgets, and eliminate their tricks for overspending. 

So here's the plan: 

• Use the September spending fight to force limits and accountability on Trump's deportation machine. Congress must fund the government by September 30. This is their most salient opportunity to create repercussions for ICE and CBP. We need to escalate pressure on all elected officials to #DefundHate and ensure they know it is their responsibility to act. 
• Be clear and consistent. Detention isn't just against our values. It doesn't work. We need to repeat this over and over until our representatives understand that ICE and CBP are the problem. 
• Set ourselves up to win in 2020. The more Democrats who take action to fight for immigrants, the more momentum we have going into debates about structural changes under the next administration. 

There are many ways to take action to act in solidarity with Latino and immigrant communities in this critical moment and against the violence of white supremacy. All of us, no matter our background, need to commit to the work ahead. 

Will you take action and share this important resource page of ways to take action now? 

Thanks for all you do.

–Emma, Nick, Corinne, Michael, and the rest of the team

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