WE NEED GOVERNMENT #WHOCARESFORUS NO MATTER WHERE WE COME FROM
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…
We need our government to find ways to help all of us through the physical and economic suffering caused by COVID-19. But Trump’s latest executive order is using the excuse of this pandemic to further his racist and xenophobic agenda. The Senator must demand an end to the dangerous racist propaganda that uses immigrants as scapegoats. And he must demand that his colleagues in Congress do their jobs. This president cannot be allowed to unilaterally declare that this country will no longer abide by international asylum and refugee laws. 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…
We need our government to find ways to help all of us through the physical and economic suffering caused by COVID-19. But Trump’s latest executive order is using the excuse of this pandemic to further his racist and xenophobic agenda. The Representative must demand an end to the dangerous racist propaganda that uses immigrants as scapegoats. And he must demand that his colleagues in Congress do their jobs. This president cannot be allowed to unilaterally declare that this country will no longer abide by international asylum and refugee laws. 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: WRITE TO VOTERS FROM YOUR HOME
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BACKGROUND:
Trump is using the excuse of COVID-19 to further his racist and xenophobic agenda, blocking asylum seekers and virtually halting legal immigration to the U.S.
He doesn’t care about protecting our health. He encourages the AstroTurf protests demanding an end to pandemic public health safety precautions.
The US already has the most confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the world, and the coronavirus did not enter the US from the southern border. Scientists know that it arrived through airports, carried by travelers largely from Europe.
Trump doesn’t care about protecting our jobs. He loves to stoke the popular racist myth that immigrants steal jobs, despite proof that immigrant workers not only don’t cost jobs, they improve the economy. His total failure in this crisis both increased unemployment and damaged the economy.
Trump cares only about what affects him and his chances for re-election:
Diverting attention from his late response to the pandemic and his attempts to downplay it.
Blaming others for his failures.
Usurping more power from Congress.
Feeding the rage and racism of his base to keep them pumped up and engaged.
Our national ideals demand that our government care about all people, especially refugees who come here seeking asylum.
