Tell your Representative: Do Not Fund ICE’s LETHAL ATTACKS
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Call Script
My name is __________. I am a constituent, and my zip code is _______. I am a member of Indivisible SF.
I urge you to refuse to vote for any Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appropriation bill that fails to rein in ICE.
Renee Good’s killing on January 7, is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity, and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies against our communities. We can't wait around while ICE harms more people.
You must push for an appropriations bill that puts serious restrictions on ICE, ends its dragnet raids, and doesn’t add a penny to its already bloated budget.
Background
For months, ICE and other federal agents have escalated their operations in neighborhoods across the country, resulting in increasingly disturbing scenes and illegal conduct. Our communities have been left reeling as agents have arrested U.S. citizens, dragged children from their beds in the middle of the night in zip-ties, smashed car windows, and even driven away from an arrest scene with a toddler still in the backseat. Now, ICE agents have tragically killed without just cause a beloved community member in Minneapolis. And yet, the administration has the audacity to ask Congress for even more money to detain and deport people.
Yesterday, the House Appropriations Committee released a 1059 page draft Homeland Security funding bill and the Democratic Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro issued a statement on it. Based on our preliminary reading of the statement and a search of the bill, it seems that it will do little to defund ICE, while failing to prevent US citizens from being detained or deported, and doing nothing to stop or restrict ICE operations.
We demand a bill that puts serious restrictions on ICE, ends its dragnet raids, and doesn’t add a penny to its already bloated budget. And we ask you to demand the same.
Renee Good’s killing on January 7, is part of a broader pattern of unchecked violence, impunity, and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies against our communities. We can't wait around while ICE harms more people. We demand that our Congressmembers stand on principle and stop playing fiscal games when people’s lives are at risk.
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