On Thursday (June 21) the House will vote on two immigration proposals the “Goodlatte bill” and one negotiated by Paul Ryan and the White House (“White House 2.0”).
Neither addresses family separation as of June 18. Keep the pressure on your calls matter. (NPR: Bill modified but does not end child detention)
As the outrage rises over family separation at the boarder Rep. Faso has yet to take action. His spokesman stated “Congressman Faso believes this is a humanitarian issue and does not want children separated from their parents at the border. He is reviewing recently released immigration legislation negotiated in the House of Representatives that would address this issue.”
Let’s call Faso to vote NO on both immigration bills scheduled this week as neither addresses this administration’s family separation policy, plus these bills are taking Dreamers hostage in exchange for spending on the wall and both include raced biased changes to our immigration system. (see Further Actions below to stop family separation)
Make sure Rep Faso hears from you on why these bill do not represent American values as an immigrant nation.
CALL SCRIPT Faso
Caller: Hello! My name is [name] and I’m calling from [town, zip].
I’m calling today to tell Rep Faso to vote NO on both the Goodlatte bill and the Paul Ryan proposal. Neither of these bills address separation of immigrant families crossing the border as Rep Faso stated he does not support. Further, these bills are taking Dreamers hostage in exchange for dramatic spending on the wall and include race biased changes to our immigration system. If Rep Faso supports immigrants and non race biased immigration laws for our nation’s growth, he will vote no.
Further Actions:
- Call Senators Gillibrand and Schumer and thank them for their support of Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s bill to halt family separations.
- Even if our reps have already signed on to the legislation to end family separation, there’s still more they can do. Visits to the sites where detained children are being held apart from their parents by leaders like Senator Merkley have focused attention on this ongoing horror, and kept it there (https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/sen-jeff-merkley-talks-his-visit-to-immigration-detention-centers-1249651267671). Let’s ask our members of Congress to follow his lead, go to these sites, talk with the children, and amplify their voices.
- Nearly 2000 children have been separated from their parents at the border. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-children/government-says-nearly-2000-child-separations-at-mexico-border-in-under-two-months-idUSKBN1JB2SF We can file a complaint against the policy of family separation with The Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties within the Dept. of Homeland Security. Contact: https://www.dhs.gov/office-civil-rights-and-civil-liberties
Also, The Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) of the US Department of Homeland Security investigates complaints filed by the public. Let’s flood the office with complaints about ICE—family separation.
Here’s how to file complaints: https://www.dhs.gov/compliance-branch h/t https://www.facebook.com/events/255225215223830/- Sleeping Giants and GrabYourWallet have both been behind the scenes uncovering which companies are financially benefiting from the child separation policy. We now know the names of two contractors that are coordinating these child shelters: A) MVM Inc. (Twitter: @MVMINC Phone: (571)223-4500), and B) General Dynamics (Twitter: @GDMS “Ethics helpline”: 800-433-8442). Let’s contact them by phone, Twitter, or by using the email addresses listed here to tell them what we think: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tPp7M2_GwQ7IeB9mHhYAHtHSZMEbhkKS
Further actions courtesy of Rogan’s List
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