Join Indivisible and other organizations across the country in this Day of Action to #defundhate. We will not stand by while ICE and CBP commit human rights abuses in our name and with our tax dollars.
This week, call Congressman Garamendi and demand that he resist the efforts of the Trump administration to redirect money from other agencies to fund his hateful immigration policies. It is unacceptable that ICE is subverting Congress’s authority to decide how much funding they should receive.
Scroll down for background on the event and a sample script to call Rep. Garamendi.
office: M-F 9am-5pm @ 412 G Street Davis, CA 95616
In-person visits to the office are very effective!
Background: (from Indivisible.org)
Did you know that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) includes, among all their many insidious qualities, thievery?
We’re talking about hundreds of millions from agencies serving critical functions under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Last year, ICE took $10 million from FEMA (the agency responsible for coordinating disaster response efforts), right as we were headed into hurricane season -- a decision that’s even more horrifying in light of FEMA’s inability to manage the relief efforts after Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.
This year, they want even more. Newly released documents show that once again ICE is attempting to raid FEMA, the Coast Guard, the Transportation Security Administration, and many other agencies to compensate for its massive overspending. In fact, DHS has spent over four billion dollars this fiscal year expanding immigration detention just to uphold Trump’s racist border and immigration policies.
And now they’re going after $271 million (including hundreds of millions from FEMA alone) in funding to expand detention beds, implement cruel policies that endanger asylum seekers, and tear children away from their families and homes.
Our one advantage: it’s out in the open now. ICE is used to backdoor deals and forcing agencies to fund their cruel policies without congressional oversight or activists watching in the wings, but we’ve got some news for them: Indivisibles are watching!
Sample call script (your own words are best!)
Hi, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I’m calling from [CITY/ZIP CODE]. I’m calling today because I am very concerned about ICE’s plan to pull millions of dollars from other agencies to fund its detention and deportation activities.
I’m calling today to ask Congressman Garamendi to take action to oppose this “reprogramming” of Department of Homeland Security Funds. Specifically, I would like the Congressman to:
Publicly denounce DHS’s transfer and reprogramming notification.
Release the full text of the transfer and reprogramming notification, so that we know exactly where the money being transferred to ICE is coming from.
Pass a fiscal year 2020 spending bill that finally puts an end to DHS’s ability to manipulate the appropriations process to expand the immigration detention and deportation systems.
2) Tues. Sept. 10th at noon: Save the date for a Rally to Defund Hate at Rep. Garamendi's Davis office
ACTION: To rally outside Rep. Garamendi's Davis office to demand he #DefundHate
WHEN: Tuesday, September 10th, at Noon
WHERE: Rep. Garamendi's Davis Office - G St. between 4th and 5th.
WHO: YOU and bring all of your friends!
HOW: RSVP Here if you are able to join us on Tuesday: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1sirkoikMfiXq5sYv5jmWixEH1h5hbybHQ9_nF_mhKxc/edit?usp=sharing
