Indivisibles,

ICE is terrorizing our communities, violating our constitutional rights,
and killing innocent people -- and the House just voted to give them more
money. Yesterday, the House passed a bill to fund the Department of
Homeland Security (DHS), including hundreds of millions of dollars in
additional funding for ICE. That increase comes with no meaningful
restrictions or accountability measures to rein in ICE and Border Patrol.

We’re demanding Congress use the appropriations process to end ICE and
Border Patrol’s lawlessness. This bill doesn’t just fall short -- it
increases the funding for their brutality. But this fight isn’t over. 

The Senate will vote on the DHS appropriations bill next week -- and it
cannot pass without Democratic votes. [ [link removed] ]If you’re ready to take action,
call your senators and demand they vote no on increased funding for ICE
and Border Patrol.

[ [link removed] ]Call Your Senators >>

 

Everything wrong with the DHS funding bill

❌ The bill increases funding for ICE. If this bill passes, ICE will
receive $400 million more for detention and $370 million more for its
enforcement budget compared to last year. That’s on top of the $170
billion allocated by Trump’s Big Ugly Bill for his mass deportation
machine. ICE is using taxpayer dollars to kill people, invade homes
without warrants, and threaten peaceful protestors. The last thing we
should be doing is giving them more money to enable their cruelty. 

❌ The reforms included in the bill are completely inadequate. The bill
allocates funding for body cameras, officer training, and the DHS
Inspector General’s Office, but these measures fall far short of what we
need to actually protect our communities. We’ve already seen what ICE
thugs are willing to do on camera -- one filmed the killing of Renee Good
on his own cellphone. And there’s no reason to think that giving the Trump
regime more money to investigate itself will stop the violence unfolding
in our streets. 

❌ Actual restrictions on ICE were left out. Congress can end Border Patrol
deployments to our cities; restrict ICE and Border Patrol’s dragnet
operations, racial profiling, and mass surveillance; and prevent these
agencies from stealing funds from other programs to run their mass
deportation machine. All of these provisions would have real impact on the
ground, but none of them were included in this bill. 

There’s still time to act

The DHS funding bill will move to the Senate where we expect a vote next
week. Reminder: the bill needs 60 votes to pass, which means Democrats
have real leverage here. But they won’t use it unless we force them to. 

Atrociously, 7 House Democrats already voted yes on this bill ([ [link removed] ]list
here), and Chuck Schumer is not publicly whipping Senate Democrats to
unify in opposition. With a vote on this bill coming next week, we need to
act fast and be loud: 

1️⃣ [ [link removed] ]Call your senators today and demand they vote no on the DHS funding
bill. After you call, share our script with your family and friends and
encourage them to call too. 

2️⃣ [ [link removed] ]Email your senators in opposition to more ICE funding. Calls are
more effective than emails, but if you are unable to call or want to call
and email, we make it easy to reach your senators instantly. 

3️⃣ [ [link removed] ]Read and share our updated explainer. This fight is complicated and
changing quickly, so we’ve updated our explainer and added a section on
frequently asked questions.

In solidarity,
Indivisible Team

P.S. -- Today is the ICE Out of Minnesota Day of Truth and Freedom.
Minnesotans are coming together in moral reflection and action to stand
together against ICE -- and folks are showing up in solidarity across the
country. [ [link removed] ]Click here to find a local event near you and take action to
pressure corporations to stand up to ICE.

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