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To: Congress
Stop Trump from indefinitely detaining Americans
Donald Trump must never, ever have the power to indefinitely detain people. You must oppose his horrific proposal to suspend the Constitution and give judges the power to throw people he doesn't like into prison for as long as he wants.
Why is this important?
Donald Trump's Department of Justice wants to use the Coronavirus to get Congress to give him shocking new power to indefinitely detain people and suspend constitutional rights.
This is a terrifying request and represents a stunning escalation of Trump's authoritarian tendencies. Rather than go all out to stop the coronavirus and save our ailing economy, Trump wants to instead focus on expanding his powers to harass opponents and throw his enemies in jail.
One legal expert on CNN said "Can you imagine being arrested and not brought before a judge indefinitely? This isn’t how America is supposed to work." He's right. Tell Congress right now to stop Trump's awful proposal dead in its tracks.