I care deeply about the wonderful, diverse community in Brooklyn where I live. Many hard-working immigrants live in Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Dyker Heights, Gravesend and Staten Island, which make up Rep. Dan Donovan's district. Many of our Muslim brothers and sisters call these wonderful neighborhoods home. This ban on Muslims and refugees affects many families in our neighborhoods. Families are at risk of being torn apart. Refugees who have found a welcoming home in our neighborhoods are wondering if they will face persecution yet again. We all share an interest in keeping our neighborhoods safe and welcoming for immigrants of all religions and communities. If you live in these neighborhoods, or have family members here, you may be affected as well. Discrimination based on country of origin or religion is unconstitutional and damaging to the social and economic fabric of our cherished neighborhoods. Let's stand together in solidarity against this unconstitutional and discriminatory ban and ask Rep. Dan Donovan, who is our elected representative, to do the same.

I've worked in healthcare for 40 years and seen the great benefits the Affordable Care Act brought to US citizens. We cannot go backward.

I suspect that the President may have an underlying mental disorder that compromises his ability to perform the duties of the office of the presidency.

I want to start this petition because I'm enraged how this wall would directly affect tens of thousands of hard working families.

Republican Assemblymembers Nicole Malliotakis (District 64, Staten Island and Brooklyn) and Rob Castorina (District 62, Staten Island) recently filed a lawsuit against the City of New York to prevent them from protecting information collected by the city as part of its municipal ID program IDNYC. The new IDs, which nearly 1 million New Yorkers have applied for, is particularly important to undocumented immigrants, seniors, the formerly incarcerated, members of the LGBTQ community, and others who lack the benefits provided by conventional identification cards including opening bank accounts, using libraries, and picking up their children from school. IDNYC had built into it a provision that the data gathered as part of the application process would be destroyed after a period in order to protect undocumented cardholders from deportation. The lawsuit brought by Malliotakis and Castorina is currently risking the exposure of nearly a million people to this anti-immigration administration by preventing the destruction of this data. The IDNYC program was designed to provide vulnerable New Yorkers with the same opportunities as all New Yorkers. It must not be used as a weapon against them. Malliotakis and Castorina were elected to serve their constituents, not the draconian policies of the Trump administration. We, the undersigned, call on Malliotakis and Castorina to immediately drop the lawsuit. Protect immigrant rights. Protect New Yorkers. Protect our neighbors.

All of our Democratic senators can and must work together to block Trump's destruction. By withholding consent they can block Trump in exactly the same way that the Republicans blocked Obama! See the Washington Post article written by the senate aide that knows: https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/01/27/democrats-in-congress-can-block-trumps-agenda-if-they-want-to-heres-how/?utm_term=.09a6933dbdeb

This petition asks President Trump and members of Congress to keep faith with the voters who elected them when they make changes to the tax system. Congress will be considering tax changes over the next several months, perhaps in different pieces of legislation. The petition sets forth basic principles of tax fairness that should be respected, regarding who benefits from the changes. The petition makes clear what benchmark for tax fairness voters are expecting Congress to meet as it enacts tax reform or any other changes to the tax system.

My son Jack is a spunky, determined, charismatic six-year-old. He plays baseball, basketball and soccer. He swims and reads and dances. Jack has Down syndrome, but that doesn’t define him. It’s one of the things that makes Jack awesome. And Jack is one of the things that makes his school awesome. Jack attends our local public school—and thanks to an Individualized Education Plan (IEP), Jack is thriving. But Trump’s nominee for education secretary, Betsy DeVos, would put Jack’s education—and the education of millions of other students with special needs—at risk. During her Senate testimony, Ms. DeVos seemed to have no knowledge of the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), the federal law that ensures students with learning challenges get the support and assistance they need to thrive. Jack’s IEP is specially tailored to his “individual” academic and functional goals. He knows that the books he reads were chosen for his reading level, that his physical therapist helps him keep up with his friends and that his speech therapist supports his behavioral goals by giving him language to function appropriately in his classroom. Our sons—Jack and his big brother Griffin—are able to attend the same wonderful public school, thanks to the extra help Jack receives through IDEA. Jack’s teachers and classmates don’t see squinty eyes, extra chromosomes and noisy footsteps—they see Jack’s strengths and weaknesses, his favorite activities, his charm. And Jack gets to learn and grow with kids of all capabilities and from all backgrounds, too. When we were working to get Jack’s IEP approved, I remember telling my teacher friends that I felt like I was also advocating for our amazing schools. I knew that having Jack there would make our amazing schools even awesomer, and that has come to fruition. That school rallies around our guy and supports him so much, and having that kind of diversity--whether across abilities, economic classes, races, or interests--is so vital to our public schools and our democracy. But if Betsy DeVos—who has called our public schools a “dead end”—is confirmed, public schools will be in grave danger. It’s not just that she doesn’t know or care about the federal laws that provide extra help for kids like Jack. It’s that she doesn’t believe in public education. DeVos wants to make our schools into a marketplace, pushing private school vouchers and for-profit charter schools. Her ideas will result in the defunding of the neighborhood public schools like Jack’s—and as parents select specialized schools, families like ours will be left with a no-win choice. In our neighborhood public school, our kids are exposed to so many different kinds of learners, ethnicities, backgrounds, races, and differences of every kind. That helps them learn tolerance and acceptance, and build the skills to interact with people from all different backgrounds. if people choose schools based on specialties, Jack will end up at a special school for kids with disabilities or as a "leftover" in his public school. Schools will lack the cultural and sociological diversity that emulates the real world. And students at the other schools will have no idea as to how to interact with the disability community. Betsy DeVos doesn’t care about kids like Jack—she can’t even be bothered to learn about the federal laws that make it possible for Jack to thrive in our neighborhood public school. Her vision will hurt all of our kids, and especially kids with special needs. Ashley Meier Barlow, Fort Thomas, Kentucky

We respectfully ask Congress to take all necessary steps to invalidate, nullify and void President Trump's Executive Order. The order is fundamentally unconstitutional and causes irreparable harm to U.S. citizens with family members seeking entry into the United States. Furthermore, those individuals with constitutional rights, such as Lawful Permanent Residents ("green card holders") have suffered harm and will continue to suffer if Congressional action is not taken.

If the totalitarian lie were to triumph in America, no one would be safe. But as a refugee, immigrant and naturalized citizen, despite my military service and long years in America, I feel personally under threat. Fighting cancer as I have been for some seven years, for me to join a demonstration and be arrested and charged, as journalists recently were, might well have dire consequences for my otherwise quiet middle-class life with my wife here in Indianapolis.

President Donald Trump was elected into the White House by the American people and, therefore, he should be included in the Hall of Presidents when it reopens June 30th. His actions that he has taken during his first week as President have shown, however, that he does not represent the views that Walt Disney World holds dear. The Walt Disney Company has always been a company that encouraged diversity among its employees and Walt Disney World has been a vacation destination for families all over the world. The Hall of Presidents is designed to remember what made America great and, despite the red hat, President Donald Trump does not represent that for many Americans. The issue is not republican or democrat, both George W. Bush and Barack Obama have been controversial figures that have been included in the past without issue. President Donald Trump is different, however, and his presence brings up bitter feelings for many who visit. He should most certainly be included in the roll call of presidents but do not allow his platform of hate and intolerance to be broadcast in the Magic Kingdom.

We the people of the State of California herby request that you do everything in your collective and individual power not to allow construction of a wall along our border with Mexico. We also request that you come out and speak publicly denouncing any attempt at overreach from President Trump or any branch the Federal Government in construction of this wall. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agency, 408,870 persons were caught crossing the California/Mexico Border in 2015. That same Agency reports that 1.1 million persons were caught crossing the California/Mexico Border, on annual average, between 1980 and 2008. The Pew Research Center reports that we are at a 50 year low in illegal border crossings. Let us state again, "A 50 YEAR LOW!" We thank you in advance for your leadership, courage, and good representation of the voters of our great State. It is also our ardent hope that the other U.S./Mexico Border States follow our lead in denying construction of this completely absurd and unnecessary wall along the border of our neighbors to the south.