Indivisibles,
We want to talk to you about 20-20.
Yes, all eyes are glued to Trump’s replacement but that isn’t the 20-20
we’re talking about right now. 20 years and 20 days. These are two numbers
that have plagued Trump’s deportation machine since he began his attack on
immigrants.
We’re talking about a shift in a 20-year national policy, [ [link removed] ]known as the
Flores Agreement, that would upend a body of rules for detaining migrant
children (and families) meant to mitigate the physical and emotional
damage caused by prolonged detention.
20 days. This is how long the government is currently allowed to detain
migrant children, a policy they’ve failed time and time again to comply
with. Instead, for more than a year, the Trump administration has pressed
the courts and Congress to remove the court-ordered mandate. The new limit
they’re proposing? INDEFINITELY.
You read that correctly. Our calls for the Trump Administration to end
family separation and the caging of children has been met with a plan to
endlessly continue and expand upon the horrendous conditions immigrant
families have been facing.
But there’s more (yes, seriously). At the very same time Trump and Stephen
Miller are moving forward with indefinite detention, and mere weeks before
Congress is set to return from August recess and debate funding for
government agencies including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), [ [link removed] ]ICE is making a move (also
known as its transfer and reprogramming authority) to steal funds from
other agencies just like they did in 2018.
That’s right: ICE is trying to go around Congress’ authority to decide how
much funding they should receive so that they can expand their abuses like
the raids in Mississippi and caging people indefinitely in concentration
camps.
Both of these developments are unacceptable. And, every member of Congress
has to be ready to fight back.
Three things you can do to #DefundHate right now
House Democrats must act during this year’s appropriations process to
reduce funding to ICE and CBP and to rein in the worst abuses of these
agencies. That’s why we’re planning a massive week of action September
9-13 to show up and demand our members of Congress act to defund Trump’s
racist deportation machine. Here’s what you can do to hold them
accountable:
1. [ [link removed] ]Record a video to put pressure on your House representative. We’ve
made it easy: grab your phone and record your message on why ICE and
CBP must be brought to heel. Post it on social and tag your member of
Congress. Get your Facebook friends and Twitter followers involved and
take control of the narrative.
2. Call your member of Congress right now at [ tel:18449090232 ]1-844-909-0232 and demand
that they reject [ [link removed] ]ICE’s attempt to steal money from other agencies.
It is unacceptable that ICE is subverting Congress’ authority to
decide how much funding they should receive. We’ll give you a script
and connect you directly with your representative’s office.
3. [ [link removed] ]Get up-to-speed using our one-stop shop Defund Hate toolkit with
guidance on everything you need to plan or find a September Defund
Hate Week of Action (Sept 9-13!) event near you.
While Democratic control of the House has given us a firewall against some
of the worst Republican attacks, Trump’s attacks against immigrants will
continue unless we take action to ensure Trump won’t receive another dime
to build his deportation machine.
In solidarity,
Indivisible Team
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