Trump’s goal is clear: this is a request to fund mass deportation. Trump is putting all the pieces in place for his Deportation Force to carry out mass deportation. In addition to the wall, Trump wants to vastly expand detention camps to lock up more immigrants including families seeking asylum, put more agents on the border, expand raid operations that will terrorize communities, and re-direct more federal funds toward prosecution of immigration violations. These rubber-stamp convictions are intended to warp the statistics and bolster their hate-fueled propaganda portraying immigrants as criminals. Trump is building out a police state, in part through his Deportation Force, so that any challenges to his dystopian detention and deportation nightmare can be swiftly and forcefully suppressed. Already under Trump, we have seen chaos at our airports and in our communities. That chaos and cruelty would only be magnified if Trump gets his way, but in order to implement these plans, he needs more money. We have the power to say NO. Tell Senate Democrats—especially leadership and members of the Appropriations Committee—to say NO to funding for Trump’s Deportation Force. On March 16, the Trump administration requested $3 billion from Congress for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to begin funding his executive orders through September 30, 2017. Republicans will need 60 votes to pass any funding bill - and there are only 52 Republicans in the Senate - so Democrats have the power to resist the Trump agenda. What does $3 billion to DHS pay for? • $1.4 billion to construct the border wall, a physical symbol of exclusion and hate and a clear waste of taxpayer dollars. • $1.2 billion for more detention facilities which will fuel the private prison industry and exacerbate existing, sometimes fatal, abuses in these facilities. • Prepares to hire 1,000 ICE agents in 2018 so more ICE agents will roam communities - including churches and courthouses – creating terror and panic. • Prepares to hire 500 more CBP agents even though DHS doesn’t meet existing hiring goals because so many applicants fail their polygraph tests. And this is just the beginning. Trump will need billions and billions in more funding to make his executive orders a reality. President Trump’s immigration agenda spells cruel separation of families and communities. Since his election, ICE has detained DREAMers, gone into courthouses to arrest survivors of domestic violence, deported mothers and fathers, and left families stranded oceans apart through his continued Muslim ban. Tell Senate Democrats to say NO to funding Trump’s wall, Deportation Force and detention camps.

When I see friends and family trying to insure a vehicle in Detroit but cannot because the monthly premium is more for one month than most others pay for a year, I cringe. When I see the rates continuing to climb with no end in sight I am speechless. I know that in Detroit having access to a vehicle means having the ability to go to a fruit market and buy fresh fruit, it means going to a grocery store, it is the ability to get to and from a job, it is being able to take your children to activities that are not accessible in Detroit. Until there are changes in our laws and some compassion, Detroiters cannot afford to insure their homes much less their cars. We need to sustain healthy, happy families in Detroit.

Trump's irresponsible accusations continue to waste government resources, damage relations with essential allies, and falsely accuse President Obama, the Justice Department and the intelligence community of a felony. Congress must impose a political cost to such actions.

I served honorably in the military for ten years, and have no pension. Why should I support, through my taxes, the pension of a traitor?

I am terrified that Mr. Trump's nominee will be confirmed before we get the results of the FBI investigation. If that happens and he is subsequently charged & convicted of misconduct concerning his election as President, it will be too late to undue the impact his nominee will have on the US for years to come,

To save our democracy we must not let an United States Supreme Court seat be stolen by an unconstitutional act of not even holding a hearing on U.S. Appeals Judge Merrick Garland the rightful nominee of this seat.

The Coastal Zone Management Program provides critical funding and technical assistance to state governments to protect and promote the coastal zone. Thirty four states and territories rely on the CZM program’s federal support to stimulate coastal economies and jobs, protect vital shoreline habitats and natural features, enhance public access and recreation, defend against coastal storms and flooding, and support local, actionable science. The entire nation relies on the program to support the over $359 billion of our GDP that is generated on the coast. Now the White House has declared its intention to completely cut all funding to the CZM program, as part of a larger proposal to ransack the budget of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that also includes gutting vital research, estuarine and marine reserves, education, and Sea Grant. The CZM program was created by the Coastal Zone Management Act in 1972. It acknowledges that states manage and regulate their own coasts, and achieves national goals by striking a balance between states’ rights and federal financial/technical support that other federal programs have striven to emulate ever since. The CZM program has a proven track record of success, and coastal communities rely on it to confront the unique challenges of building productive coastal economies and preserving natural resources that protect and sustain those economies. States match investment in our coasts through the CZM virtually dollar for dollar, demonstrating how indispensable it is to the States. Ending the program now would throw away decades of successful local-state-federal collaboration and leave coastal communities isolated at a time when investment in our coastal communities, infrastructure, and economies is more important than ever.

This blatant attempt by the legislative branch to manipulate the judicial branch is an affront to all Americans and the independence of branches of government. Allowing such manipulation to stand only encourages future abuses of power.

On March 20, 2017, FBI Director James Comey testified that there were no wiretaps on candidate Trump, either by the US or any other party. While reaffirming, it was neither necessary or cost-prohibitive. Instead of getting the answer directly, President Trump decided it was better to waste taxpayer dollars demanding an investigation into the fictitious story that he himself has promoted. We are here to tell President Trump that he needs to stop burdening his citizens with baseless accusations/distractions and instead focus on the job improving the well-being of all within the US. We demand he apologize, publicly, to former President Obama.

We are Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and Maryland residents who stand in support of the Maryland Trust Act, a policy that would promote safety for all Maryland residents. We are signing this petition because there is a small but vocal group of Asian Americans in Maryland who have been speaking out in opposition to the Maryland Trust Act. We write to say that they do not speak for all Maryland AAPIs.

Yesterday, FBI Director James Comey confirmed that the president of the United States and his associates are the subject of an active criminal investigation regarding "possible connections between President Trump’s campaign and Russia’s efforts to sabotage" November's election—to benefit Trump. These allegations are remarkably serious. So serious that earlier today Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer stood on the floor of the U.S. Senate to call for a delay on confirmation of Trump's Supreme Court nominee until this issue has been fully investigated. How can Congress, in good conscience, agree to further Trump's agenda amid such serious allegations regarding possible illegal collusion with Russia? The answer is simple: It can't. There's no other way to characterize this breaking news: The legitimacy of Trump's presidency and his entire administration is in question. And with so much yet unknown, Congress cannot consider Trump's agenda, especially the lifetime appointment of Neil Gorsuch. That's why it's imperative that Congress halt every piece of the Trump agenda—and that the Senate heed Sen. Schumer's call to stop Supreme Court confirmation hearings—until a full and independent investigation has been conducted. Deliver a simple three-word message to Congress: Shut it down.

Meals on Wheels is under the knife. The program expects to be "significantly and negatively impacted" if Donald Trump's budget is enacted and it loses funding from the federal government. Trump's cruel and inhumane budget will be moving through Congress in the coming weeks and months. Meals on Wheels—which provides nutritious meals and a caring presence for millions of American seniors—needs to be protected.