TRUMP’S WAR ON IMMIGRANTS MUST CEASE
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…
I’m calling because I am sickened by Trump’s latest attempt to stoke fear in the hearts of our immigrant communities. The Mississippi poultry plant raids are an act of government terror that has permanently traumatized these workers and their families. My senator must fight back against Trump’s racist, fascist, white nationalist deportation machine by
- Refusing to fund ICE until it is disbanded or reorganized.
- Pushing the House to have immediate public impeachment hearings.
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…
I’m calling because I am sickened by Trump’s latest attempt to stoke fear in the hearts of our immigrant communities. The Mississippi poultry plant raids are an act of government terror that has permanently traumatized these workers and their families. My Representative must fight back against Trump’s racist, fascist, white nationalist deportation machine by
- Refusing to fund ICE until it is disbanded or reorganized
- Pushing the House to have immediate public impeachment hearings
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:
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BACKGROUND:
Trump’s racism, white nationalism, and fascism are on full display. On Wednesday, the first day of school, nearly 650 armed, black-shirted ICE agents, descended on 7 poultry processing plants in Mississippi, arresting 680 Latino workers. At least one American citizen was tased and cuffed, before being released. No employers were charged.
Their children were terrified after coming home from school to empty houses or being locked out because their parents were detained by ICE. They sobbed as they waited to hear when or if they would see them again. The ICE-caused trauma will last forever.
These raids, whose footage Trump will use in campaign ads, are an act of state terrorism. Coming just days after the El Paso massacre and driven by Trump’s hateful words, these raids have intensified Latinos’ sense of vulnerability.
This was the largest single-state workplace sting ever. And it won’t be the last if Trump has his way.
We cannot allow Trump to turn us into a version of Nazi Germany. We cannot condone our taxes being used to wage war against brown and black people. Congress can no longer look the other way. It must do its job and start an immediate impeachment inquiry.
