THROW BACK THURSDAY: STOP TRUMP’S WAR ON MUSLIMS AT HOME AND ABROAD
ACTION ONE: CALL YOUR SENATORS
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My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because…
It’s up to Congress to rein in Trump’s dangerous racism at home and abroad. I want to thank him for publicly stating we cannot recklessly go to war with Iran. I’m asking the Senator to work to revoke policies like the Muslim travel ban which so needlessly separates familiesand to work to pass a Senate version of the War Powers Resolution.
CALL SENATOR MERKLEY
CALL SENATOR WYDEN
ACTION TWO: CALL YOUR HOUSE REP
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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…
It’s up to Congress to rein in Trump’s dangerous racism at home and abroad. I’m asking the Representative to work to revoke policies like the Muslim travel ban which so needlessly separates familiesand that he/she work to pass the War Powers Resolution and stop Trump from recklessly plunging us into war with Iran.
CALL SUZANNE BONAMICI (OR-01)
CALL GREG WALDEN (OR-02)
CALL BLUMENAUER (OR-03)
CALL PETER DEFAZIO (OR-04)
CALL KURT SCHRADER (OR-05)
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BACKGROUND:
Trump began his term flaunting his xenophobia. His first week in office he instituted the Muslim travel ban which has separated thousands of families. Parents, children and spouses of American citizens have been denied entry or re-entry into the US based solely on their nationality. This is family separation by a different name but for the same purpose as on the southern border. It inflicts suffering to prevent immigration by brown or Muslim people.
This week, up to 200 Iranian American citizens and legal permanent residents were detained at the US/Canada border in Blaine, Washington by Customs and Border Patrol agents. Their passports were taken. Many were held for as long as ten hours and questioned about their family members and political beliefs.
These unconstitutional actions, like the reckless attack on Soleimani which has pushed us to the brink of war, are a result of the racist and Islamophobic policies of this administration.
This has nothing to do with national security. Neither do attacks on Iran, cynically inflaming hatred and provoking war for political purposes.
Congress must act to rein in Trump’s dangerous racism at home and abroad by ending policies like the Muslim ban and by passing the War Powers Resolution.
