These priority issues are the primary focus of RVUSA activities:
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RESPONSE TO IMMIGRATION RAIDS AND OTHER ATTACKS AGAINST IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES
A priority for the Trump administration is to wage a concerted attack against immigrants and refugees. We’ve already seen what this looks like: Muslim and Refugee bans, ramped-up internal immigration enforcement, racial pro ling, harassment, and privacy violations at the US border. This is only the beginning. Trump is gearing up to unleash a wave of raids that will be unprecedented in both number and intensity.
It is no exaggeration to say that ICE agents are now terrorizing our communities, our neighbors, and our families. Immigrants fearful of being detained and separated from their families are being pushed deeper into the shadows. This is not who we are, and this is not what the majority of Americans voted for.
WE STAND INDIVISIBLE WITH IMMIGRANTS
Trump won’t stop terrorizing immigrants on his own—it is up to all of us to stop him. Fighting back on these attacks remains a top priority for Indivisible. We strongly believe that all of Trump’s anti- immigrant policies can be stopped by Congress. Indivisible will continue to pressure MoCs to do their job, to protect families from being torn apart, and to protect democracy from this aspiring tyrant. But protecting our communities will require an even greater commitment. To this end, we will support local efforts intended to shield immigrants and other vulnerable communities from the terror brought upon them by this administration.
WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO?
While Indivisible’s mission is to empower groups to realize their constituent power through congressional advocacy, we also want to recognize how important this issue is for all of us. Below are some suggested local activities to help protect immigrants and to ght back these anti-immigrant attacks.
Connect and support local immigrant rights organizations. Local immigration groups will be on the front lines protecting families against Trump’s deportation force—and they need your help! We recommend connecting with these groups in your area. Invite them to your meetings, share their resources, sign up for their alerts. You may need to do a little bit of research to nd out what groups operate near you, but here is one directory to get you started.
Help spread “Know Your Rights” materials in your community. You and your neighbors may have lots of questions about what legal rights and protections immigrants have. Being informed can be the key difference between a parent being able to come home to their kids or nding themselves in ICE custody. We encourage you to read up on what those rights are and help disseminate them with your friends and family. You can nd resources here and here.
Make sure local of cials aren’t facilitating immigration raids. In some cases, local of cials, including police departments, are assisting ICE of cers in their immigration raids. This should not be their job. Turning police of cers into immigration of cers does more harm than good and undermines the community’s trust of police of cers. Talk to your local of cials and let them know that you don’t want them acting as immigration of cers. For talking points see here.
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4. Push your local government and other institutions to adopt “sanctuary” policies. Cities, local and state governments, colleges and universities, hospitals and clinics, and places of worship are adopting policies to help protect immigrants from immigration enforcement. A sanctuary policy is not a refusal to follow the law – it is a commitment to refuse to unnecessarily cooperate with immigration of cers. For more information about sanctuary policies, see here.
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Please let your Congressional Representatives know that you strongly oppose HR 610.
This bill would reduce funding to public schools while demanding that school vouchers be allowed for states to receive funding. It would also reduce the nutritional quality of school lunches. Public dollars should go to public schools. HR 610 is an underhanded attempt to push school privatization.
Find your members of Congress (MoC) here.
Long Islanders – if you are in Tom Suozzi’s congressional district, he is hosting a Town Hall this Thursday, February 23 at 7pm at the Mid-Island Y, 45 Manetto Hill Road, Plainview, NY.
Attend if you can, help spread the word, and raise your voice about the issues that matter to you!
The week of February 18–26 is the first recess of the 115th Congress—time specifically set aside for members of Congress to meet with constituents and get the pulse of the communities they represent.
This is the perfect time to raise our voices. We will show up at our elected officials’ events, town halls, other public appearances, and even plan our own events, if they refuse to meet with us, to make it clear to those who represent us, as well as to the media, that tolerance of Trump’s hurtful agenda is unacceptable and politically toxic.
Will you join fellow constituents and attend a Resistance Recess action near you?
Click here to enter your ZIP Code or view the map to search for an event near you. If you don’t see an event with your member of Congress listed, click “Create a New Event” below and add your event! We’ll help recruit fellow constituents to join you.
We have had reports from members who have gone to airports to volunteer their time as translators, and have witnessed terrible discrimination, even during the stay of the ban.
We have had reports from members who have gone to airports to volunteer their time as translators, and have witnessed terrible discrimination, even during the stay of the ban.
Please click here to call Governor Cuomo’s office hotline, and raise your voice if you see any incidents of bias and/or discrimination.
