STOP OFFICIAL LAWLESSNESS ON OUR NATION’S BORDERS
ACTION ONE: CALL YOUR SENATORS
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR WYDEN AND MERKLEY:
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
Congress must stop Trump’s lawless behavior at the border. Defenseless asylum-seekers, DACA recipients, and law-abiding immigrants with Temporary Protected Status must be protected and wrong-doing must be investigated. Please co-sponsor bi-partisan S. 874, the Dream Act of 2019, and support legislation to protect asylum-seekers. Finally, please demand that the Senate investigate reports that Trump promised to pardon officials who broke the law at his direction. Thank you.
CALL SENATOR MERKLEY
CALL SENATOR WYDEN
ACTION TWO: CALL YOUR HOUSE REPS
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SAMPLE SCRIPTS FOR REPRESENTATIVES:
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
FOR ALL EXCEPT WALDEN:
Congress must stop Trump’s lawless behavior at the border. Defenseless asylum-seekers, DACA recipients, and law-abiding immigrants with Temporary Protected Status must be protected and wrong-doing must be investigated. Thank you for sponsoring H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act. Please work to pass it as well as legislation to protect asylum-seekers. I also insist that you demand investigations into whether Trump promised to pardon officials who broke the law at his direction. Thank you.
FOR WALDEN:
Congress must stop Trump’s lawless behavior at the border. Defenseless asylum-seekers, DACA recipients, and law-abiding immigrants with Temporary Protected Status must be protected and wrong-doing must be investigated. It is time for you to show leadership in your caucus by sponsoring H.R. 6, the Dream and Promise Act and working to pass it as well as legislation to protect asylum-seekers. I also insist that you demand investigations into whether Trump promised to pardon officials who broke the law at his direction. Thank you.
CALL SUZANNE BONAMICI (OR-01)
CALL GREG WALDEN (OR-02)
CALL BLUMENAUER (OR-03)
CALL PETER DEFAZIO (OR-04)
CALL KURT SCHRADER (OR-05)
ACTION THREE: FORWARD TO YOUR FRIENDS
Pass along this action alert, especially to friends in Red states. Tell them to KEEP CALLING!
BACKGROUND:
Trump’s lawless behavior at the border continues as he repeatedly seeks to stop brown and black immigrants and asylum-seekers. He has:
- Cruelly separated parents from children and detained them in violation of the Flores decision
- Required asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico while their status is adjudicated
- Stopped asylum for survivors of domestic and gang violence
- Required asylum-seekers to be incarcerated by denying them bail
- Sought to end DACA and Temporary Protected Status for long-time, law-abiding residents
- Declared a fake “emergency,” contrary to Congress’ explicit will, to divert funds to build his racist wall
Many of these efforts have been blocked by the courts.
Trump reportedly directed DHS officials to break the law and promised to pardon those convicted of a crime, a violation of his oath of office that would be an impeachable offense. Acting Defense Secretary Shanahan waived long-standing policies to appease Trump’s demand that the military be deployed on the border. “They are there to enforce U.S. immigration law,” said former senior DHS official David Lapan. “[H]ow is it not a violation of the law?”
Congress, stand up for the rule of law — on our borders and throughout the land!
