Hi John, Congress is voting THIS AFTERNOON on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill, which would give even more money to expand the deadly immigration detention and deportation system.

TAKE ACTION RIGHT NOW to tell your members of Congress to stop funding ICE’s deadly detention expansion and mass arrests!

Last summer, Congress shelled out a windfall of $170 billion to DHS to supersize its deportation and detention force. 

ICE is already locking up a record number of community members, leading to more deaths in detention than ever before, and ICE and Border Patrol agents' escalating violence against our communities has led to tragedies like the horrific murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota.  

Now is the time to oppose new contracts for massive new detention centers, including for families with children, and stop funneling billions of dollars to private prison contractors. Congress must put an end to the militarized operations by masked agents targeting longtime residents, children, and U.S. citizens and oppose any funding proposals that would further fuel a system of mass incarceration that is causing irreversible harm to our country. 

Our communities deserve investment in health, education, and programs that benefit everyone’s well-being, NOT in mass round ups and incarceration. 

Right now, members of Congress have the power to reject this harmful expansion and demand accountability instead of giving ICE and Border Patrol a blank check to detain and harm our neighbors and community members. 

We can stop this—but only if members of Congress hear from constituents like you right now.

Here are 2 things you can do right now:

1. Send a message through our online form telling your members of Congress to stop funding ICE’s deadly detention expansion & mass arrests! 
2. CALL your members of Congress to make sure they hear you! Call the capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121 and ask for your Senators or Representatives. When you're connected to their office, you can use this call script:
   "Hello, my name is [your name], and as a constituent I urge [Senator or Representative name] to oppose any legislation that expands immigration detention and gives ICE or Border Patrol more money to detain and harm our community members. Our communities deserve investment in health, education, and programs that benefit everyone’s well-being, and giving more money to ICE and CBP is unconscionable right now."

Thank you for speaking up to protect our communities.

-Jesse Franzblau 
Associate Director of Policy, National Immigrant Justice Center

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