To: The United States House of Representatives and The United States Senate
Not one more dime for Trump's out-of-control deportation force
The Department of Homeland Security has been making the wrong choices in dealing with the humanitarian relief needed at the U.S.-Mexico border—the Trump administration is stoking the crisis they have control over in order to demand more money for out-of-control immigration agencies. Do not give DHS one more dime.
Why is this important?
Secretary Nielsen recently wrote to Congress asking for additional funding for Trump's deportation force—even though the Department of Homeland Security has received over two billion dollars that they are choosing to not use for humanitarian needs at the border. She even asked for legislation to terminate established protections for unaccompanied children and families.
The Trump administration is pushing its racist, anti-immigrant agenda by choosing to treat people inhumanely at the border in order to demand more money and increased power for its deportation force. We cannot allow this to happen.
America's immigration agencies—ICE and CBP—are broken by design. These agencies are built on fear and harm, separating families and violating the human rights of those seeking a better life and safety in America. We need an immigration system that welcomes and cares for people, a system rooted in humanity.
But the Trump administration, and Sec. Nielsen, are doing everything they can to create a dramatic situation at the southern border to justify force and cruelty.
Congress must defend the critical protections enshrined in the bipartisan Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) and the Flores Settlement Agreement and reject any action the Trump administration takes to undermine either or increase funding for these unhinged agencies.
The Trump administration is pushing its racist, anti-immigrant agenda by choosing to treat people inhumanely at the border in order to demand more money and increased power for its deportation force. We cannot allow this to happen.
America's immigration agencies—ICE and CBP—are broken by design. These agencies are built on fear and harm, separating families and violating the human rights of those seeking a better life and safety in America. We need an immigration system that welcomes and cares for people, a system rooted in humanity.
But the Trump administration, and Sec. Nielsen, are doing everything they can to create a dramatic situation at the southern border to justify force and cruelty.
Congress must defend the critical protections enshrined in the bipartisan Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) and the Flores Settlement Agreement and reject any action the Trump administration takes to undermine either or increase funding for these unhinged agencies.