[ [link removed] ]Tell Congress: Stop funding Trump's reign of terror on immigrant
communities

The petition to Congress reads:
"Cut funding for ICE and CBP and put a stop to the agencies' backdoor
money grabs. "

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Dear John,

[ [link removed] ]Tell Congress: Stop
funding Trump's reign of
terror on immigrant
communities

When Congress approves more funding for ICE and CBP, our communities pay
the price.

Last year, tens of thousands of CREDO members and allies signed petitions,
made calls and took to the streets to demand that Congress cut funding for
ICE and CBP in the 2019 budget. Our activism prevented 2019 budget
increases, but just a few months later, Democrats joined Republicans in
approving a $4 billion supplemental funding request that supercharged both
agencies.^1

Congress' lack of moral leadership is beyond appalling, which is why it's
on us to model the kind of courage and leadership our country needs. The
2020 budget fight is ramping up next week, and we need your help to stop
Congress from expanding the agencies abusing and killing our immigrant
neighbors, friends and family members. Will you add your name now?

[ [link removed] ]Tell Congress: Stop funding Trump's reign of terror on immigrant
communities. Click here to sign the petition.

If you're paying attention, your heart is breaking almost every day. The
Trump regime is striking down policies that limit child detention and
finding new and cruel ways to criminalize immigrants who live in our
communities.^2,3 Mass raids led by ICE continue to tear apart American
families, and border agents at U.S. concentration camps are systematically
abusing and violating the human rights of migrants, including
children.^4,5

Cutting funding for the rogue agencies responsible for these horrific and
potentially illegal attacks on immigrants should be an issue championed by
any member of Congress with a conscience. Yet when it comes to taking bold
action to stop Trump and Republicans' war on immigrants, a majority of
Congress fail. That is unacceptable. It's going to take courage and moral
clarity to fight back an administration that is institutionalizing hate by
any means necessary.

The Trump regime is stealing taxpayer dollars to fund its terror. It just
stole from FEMA and the military to expand U.S. concentration camps and
build the border wall.^6,7 Stripping FEMA of millions of dollars at the
start of hurricane season is cruel and heartless. Repurposing funds
Congress allocated to other agencies to advance an anti-immigrant agenda
undermines our democracy.

This backdoor money grab is a budget manipulation tactic the
administration has used before. Congress has the power to stop it from
using it again.

The last thing our country needs is for Congress to throw billions more
taxpayer dollars at the enforcement arm of a racist regime that is ripping
apart our communities. Speak out now to demand that Congress cuts funding
for ICE and CBP and puts restrictions in place to stop the administration
for stealing from other DHS agencies to fund its terror.

Tell Congress: Stop funding Trump's reign of terror on immigrant
communities. Click the link below to sign the petition.

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Thanks for fighting back,

Nicole Regalado, Campaign Director
[ [link removed] ]CREDO Action from Working Assets

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References:

 1. Jake Johnson, "'[ [link removed] ]Spinelessness': Schumer and Pelosi Under Fire After
Democrats Join GOP to Give Trump $4.6 Billion in Border Funding
Without Protections for Children," Common Dreams, June 28, 2019.
 2. Maria Sacchetti, "[ [link removed] ]Trump administration moves to terminate court
agreement, hold migrant children and parents longer," The Washington
Post, Aug. 21, 2019.
 3. Michael D. Shear, Miriam Jordan and Caitlin Dickerson, "[ [link removed] ]Trump’s
Policy Could Alter the Face of the American Immigrant," The New York
Times, Aug. 14, 2019.
 4. Masha Gessen, "[ [link removed] ]The Unimaginable Reality of American Concentration
Camps," The New Yorker, June 21, 2019.
 5. Miriam Jordan, "[ [link removed] ]ICE Arrests Hundreds in Mississippi Raids
Targeting Immigrant Workers," The New York Times, Aug. 7, 2019.
 6. Claudia Grisales, "[ [link removed] ]These Are The Military Projects Losing Funding
To Trump's Border Wall," NPR, Sept. 4, 2019.
 7. Julia Ainsley and Frank Thorp V, "[ [link removed] ]Trump admin pulling millions
from FEMA disaster relief to send to southern border," NBC News, Aug.
27, 2019.

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