STOP THE ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY IN OUR NAMES
ACTION ONE: CALL YOUR SENATORS AND TELL THEM TO PASS SENATOR WYDEN’S BILL TO END THE FAVORABLE TAX TREATMENT FOR PRIVATE COMPANIES THAT BUILD DETENTION FACILITIES
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR WYDEN AND MERKLEY:
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR SENATOR WYDEN:
…atrocities are being committed at our border. I am grateful to Senator Wyden for his bill to end the favorable tax treatment for private companies that build detention facilities and urge him to do everything he can to push McConnell to allow it to be considered. I call on him to speak out against the unlawful and immoral treatment of immigrants and refugees and to publicly advocate for an impeachment inquiry to investigate the wrong-doing by this lawless president.
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR SENATOR MERKLEY:
…atrocities are being committed at our border. I am grateful to Senator Merkley for his relentless efforts to expose the unlawful and immoral treatment of immigrants and refugees. I urge him to co-sponsor Senator Wyden’s bill to end the favorable tax treatment for private companies that build detention facilities and do everything he can to push McConnell to allow it to be considered. I also call on him to publicly advocate for an impeachment inquiry to investigate the wrong-doing by this lawless president.
CALL SENATOR MERKLEY
CALL SENATOR WYDEN
ACTION TWO: CALL YOUR HOUSE REPSAND TELL HER/HIM TO PASS REPRESENTATIVE MEEK’S BILL TO END THE FAVORABLE TAX TREATMENT FOR PRIVATE COMPANIES THAT BUILD DETENTION FACILITIES
Not sure who your U.S. Representative is? Find out here.
SAMPLE SCRIPTS FOR REPRESENTATIVES:
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR REPRESENTATIVESSCHRADER, DEFAZIO, AND WALDEN:
…atrocities are being committed at our border. I urge Representative [*] to co-sponsor Representative Meek’s bill to end the favorable tax treatment for private companies that build detention facilities and do everything he can to push for its passage. I also call on him to publicly advocate for an impeachment inquiry to investigate the wrong-doing by this lawless president.
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR REPRESENTATIVES BLUMENAUER AND BONAMICI:
…atrocities are being committed at our border. I urge Representative [*] to co-sponsor Representative Meek’s bill to end the favorable tax treatment for private companies that build detention facilities and do everything s/he can to push for its passage. I also call on him/her to continue to publicly advocate for an impeachment inquiry to investigate the wrong-doing by this lawless president.
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:
More information is emerging about the atrocities being committed by DHS – in our names:
- The DHS Inspector General reported shocking overcrowding at an El Paso processing center:
- 76 people held in a cell meant for 12
- 41 in a cell for 8
- 155 in a cell for 35.
- A girl who delivered prematurely by C-section sat in a wheelchair for seven days; her tiny, listless baby, wrapped in a soiled towel, received no medical care.
- Refugees are held in “dog pound” cages outside on dirt.
- Refugees are kept in “icebox” cells, sleep on concrete floors with only a thin Mylar blanket, the lights on 24/7.
- Asylum-seekers are dumped back into Mexico. “[S]tunned migrants, some of whom had spent days in border jails, trudged … into the sweltering sun. Many had not showered in a week. They had no water, no cellphones, no money, and no place to live.”
- Refugee children are still being separated from their parents. “They would start crying and it wasn’t just tears, it was screams.”
“We have … a concentration camp system…[a] mass detention of civilians without trial.”
CONGRESS MUST STOP THESE ATROCITIES NOW!
