To: The United States House of Representatives and The United States Senate
Say NO to funding for family separation and imprisonment
We were horrified to see photos of our government tear-gassing mothers and toddlers who are seeking asylum at our border. As you consider spending levels for the rest of fiscal year 2019 (FY19), we urge you to hold the Trump administration accountable by reducing immigration enforcement funding that is being used to separate, detain, and harm immigrant children and families.
Why is this important?
The cruelty is breathtaking. Our country has the capacity and policies in place to process asylum seeking families in a humane manner. Instead, the Trump administration is asking Congress for more money so that they can implement increasingly cruel practices to target immigrants both inside the U.S. and at our border.
Nearly 45,000 people per day are held in detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) - an unprecedented high that is resulting in spending levels above what Congress appropriated in FY18.
Additionally, the wall is not just a hateful symbol of exclusion, it would kill wildlife by interfering with migration patterns and with their access to food and water; cause dangerous flooding; cause millions of dollars in damages to the environment and local businesses; endanger the lives of border residents; and stomp on the rights of private landowners resulting in a large government land grab that strips private landowners of their lands.
America's families do not want our tax dollars, that could be used to improve our schools, childcare, and health care, being used to carry out the anti-immigrant policies of the Trump administration.
Congress must reduce immigration detention funding, exert oversight over detention practices, and direct the administration to restore less costly, more efficient, and humane community-based alternatives to detention.
Tell the U.S. Congress to stand up against these cruel practices and to hold the Trump administration accountable by not financing the administration’s cruelty to immigrant families!
Nearly 45,000 people per day are held in detention by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) - an unprecedented high that is resulting in spending levels above what Congress appropriated in FY18.
Additionally, the wall is not just a hateful symbol of exclusion, it would kill wildlife by interfering with migration patterns and with their access to food and water; cause dangerous flooding; cause millions of dollars in damages to the environment and local businesses; endanger the lives of border residents; and stomp on the rights of private landowners resulting in a large government land grab that strips private landowners of their lands.
America's families do not want our tax dollars, that could be used to improve our schools, childcare, and health care, being used to carry out the anti-immigrant policies of the Trump administration.
Congress must reduce immigration detention funding, exert oversight over detention practices, and direct the administration to restore less costly, more efficient, and humane community-based alternatives to detention.
Tell the U.S. Congress to stand up against these cruel practices and to hold the Trump administration accountable by not financing the administration’s cruelty to immigrant families!