Friend –
The Senate is expected to vote this week on a Department of Homeland Security funding bill that would expand funding for ICE and Border Patrol while continuing to shield those agencies from real accountability.
Congressional Republicans are pushing this bill forward with full knowledge of what it enables. They are choosing to expand the power of agencies that have already demonstrated a willingness to abuse that power, while refusing to include basic safeguards or enforceable oversight.
The killings in Minneapolis have made the consequences of this approach impossible to ignore. Federal immigration agents have escalated operations with deadly results, leaving families devastated and communities demanding answers that have yet to come. These actions reflect a broader pattern in which ICE and Border Patrol operate with impunity, emboldened by a Trump regime that has treated cruelty as policy and accountability as a threat.
Rather than confront this reality, the DHS funding bill before the Senate doubles down on it. The bill does not rein in dangerous enforcement tactics, does not require transparency when agents abuse their authority, and does not establish consequences for misconduct. It asks Congress to authorize more funding while looking away from the harm these agencies are causing.
Democratic senators have said they will oppose this bill, and that matters. But Republicans are counting on this vote moving quickly and quietly, with just enough political cover to get it through. Sustained public pressure across every channel is what keeps accountability from being negotiated away.
That is why calling your Senators now is so important, even if you have already signed our petition or have taken action online. Calls reinforce the demands lawmakers are already hearing and signal that this issue is urgent, visible, and not going away as the vote approaches.
With a Senate vote expected at any moment this week, please call your Senators as soon as possible and demand that they vote against the current DHS funding bill unless it includes enforceable accountability for ICE and Border Patrol. >>
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If Congress continues to fund ICE and Border Patrol without accountability, it will not be a failure of process or a legislative misstep. It will be an utter moral failure. It will reflect a conscious decision to protect unchecked power over human lives and to normalize impunity in federal law enforcement. Senators who make that choice should understand that it will define their legacy and that constituents will remember who enabled abuse when accountability was plainly within reach.
In solidarity,
People For the American Way
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