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Activism Working Families Party TEXT: Joint Letter Calling on Conference Committee to Protect Families and Children and Restore America’s Faith in Government
Burgess COMMENTARY Peter Burgess
A letter from AOC, Ayanna, Rashida, and Ilhan Delvone Michael, Working Families Party Unsubscribe 5:04 PM (5 minutes ago) to me Working Families Party Peter, With negotiations ramping up before another potential government shutdown on February 15th, Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar are making a bold demand of their Democratic colleagues in Congress: Not another dollar for Trump's deportation force.1 Read their letter here — then add your name to join AOC, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar in urging ALL Democratic members of Congress to sign on. Add your name » For the last two years, Republicans in Congress have increased funding for the Department of Homeland Security (the parent agency of ICE and CBP), while they have escalated deportations, created more barriers to asylum, separated families, and put children in detention. When at least two children have died in the custody of Border Patrol, we need more oversight, not more funding for the agencies that are responsible.2 After Trump shut down the government over demands for his fantasy border wall in December, Democrats held firm, and Trump completely caved. But now Trump is threatening to do it all over again — and might even declare a fake and unconstitutional “national emergency” to justify stealing billions to pay for his wall. We need Democrats to continue to fight tough against Trump's border wall. But in the face of grave humanitarian abuses, we must do more to stop Trump's deportation force. That’s why we’re urging Democratic House negotiators to stand firm and demand funding cuts to the agencies responsible for family separation, child detention, and other inhumane and immoral border policies. But time is short. The next government funding deadline is just days away on February 15th. We need your help now to get as many signers on this letter as possible. Add your name and urge all House Democrats to sign onto the letter urging cuts and stronger accountability for DHS, ICE, and CBP. Sign on and we'll follow up with information on how to contact your member of Congress. In solidarity, Delvone Michael Working Families Party Contribute » Source: 1. Progressive Dems: ‘Not Another Dollar’ More in DHS Funding, Daily Beast, January 31, 2019 2. ‘A Breaking Point’: Second Child’s Death Prompts New Procedures for Border Agency, New York Times, December 26, 2018 Like us on FacebookFollow us on TwitterFollow us on Instagram Become a Working Families Party Sustainer! Other political groups have corporate donors. We have you. Just $10 a month supports our fight. Paid for by Working Families Party National PAC (1 Metrotech Center North 11th Floor, Brooklyn, NY). Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from Working Families, please click here. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Add your name: Not another dollar for Trump's deportation force With negotiations ramping up once again to prevent another government shutdown, Representatives Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar are making a bold demand of their Democratic colleagues in Congress: Not another dollar for Trump's deportation force. Add your name to join AOC, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan Omar and urge ALL Democratic members of Congress to sign on to this letter. We'll follow up with instructions on how to contact your own member of Congress. First Name Email * Zip/Postal Code * Not in the US? TEXT: Joint Letter Calling on Conference Committee to Protect Families and Children and Restore America’s Faith in Government January 29, 2019 Dear Colleagues, We write to you today seeking your solidarity and support to enter in to the DHS conference committee process with clear eyes. The next 3 weeks we are tasked with operationalizing our values and addressing the fall out caused by a reckless Administration that has put profits before people and rhetoric before the lives of immigrant children. The Department of Homeland Security is tasked with critical functions. However, under the auspice of the Trump Administration, a number of agencies housed at DHS have abused their authority and the fidelity of public resources. There is a documented pattern of Immigration and Customs Enforcement overspending and abusing the transfer authority to quietly move funds around, a practice that Customs and Border Protection has indicated it would like to replicate. Funds are being reallocated internally not to make our nation safer, but to build desert camps to inhumanely house infants and to prosecute immigrants who are part of the fabric of our community. These agencies have promulgated an agenda driven by hate – not strategy. We call on our colleagues at the negotiating table to adhere to the following guidelines critical to protecting families and children and restoring Americans’ faith in government: Cut, do not increase funding. Stop funding family separation and child detention. A Republican controlled Congress has already sharply increased DHS spending without clear justification. The deal reached by the Conference Committee should not allocate any additional funding to this department or to the ICE and CBP agencies. The upcoming FY2020 budget process will be a critical opportunity to take up conversations about reforms to the agency. In the meantime, not another dollar. No transfer authority. The Trump Administration continues to use DHS funding as a slush fund (through transfers or reprogramming) to increase detention programs and invest in ineffective policies. The conference committee should prohibit transfers and reprogramming authorities. Stronger accountability. Strong report language is critical to ensuring safeguards to rein in DHS. However, report language is not enough. The final budget package must be accompanied by stringent oversight mechanisms, and critical obligations should be in statutory text not just report language. DHS has a failed track record of missing Congressional deadlines, including when recently required to report on deaths in custody, list ICE detention facilities, and implement PREA mandated protections against sexual assault in custody. For these reasons, the DHS should be taken up as a separate appropriations bill and accompanied by strong statutory language that saves lives and increases accountability. As a nation, we need comprehensive immigration reform driven by justice and data. Let us be clear that that process will not play out during the Conference Committee’s narrow DHS deliberations. The sole focus of this Conference Committee is to put forward a short term spending package for 7 months. But a budget is a statement of our values. With the world watching and the lives of families at stake, we should not compromise our values at the negotiating table. In solidarity, Ayanna Pressley Massachusetts 7th Ilhan Omar Minnesota 5th Rashida Tlaib Michigan 13th Alexandria Ocasio Cortez New York 14th Gwen Moore Wisconsin 4th Jim McGovern Massachusetts 2nd By signing this form, you are agreeing to receive occasional emails on this and related campaigns from Working Families Party. You may of course unsubscribe at any time. Paid for by Working Families Party

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