This week, the President addressed the nation in a State of the Union address out of touch with the realities of working families and continuing to spread harmful rhetoric about immigrant neighbors who are part of the fabric of local communities and help make local communities strong. The reality is, mass detentions and deportations by ICE only make all of us less safe.
The partial government shutdown impacting the Department of Homeland Security continues as communities continue to tell Congress NO to additional funding for ICE abuses and violence, and NO to more detention beds.
Congress already passed an unprecedented $75 billion slush fund for ICE alone without any guardrails in last year’s big budget bill – leading to the violence we’re seeing inflicted on immigrant community members, families, protestors, and entire communities.
This massive increase in a federal agent force – with roving patrols and sweeping, indiscriminate enforcement of long-outdated immigration laws – is damaging local communities. Billions have already been allocated for detention and jailing on an unimaginable scale – while data now shows that the vast majority of people being detained are working moms, dads, and neighbors who have no criminal record.
TAKE ACTION
There is still time to demand accountability and call on Nebraska’s members of Congress to rein in these out-of-control agencies.
Nebraska’s members of Congress represent you, and they have power to control funding of these abuses – and power to move positive and productive solutions that fix long-outdated immigration laws and create stability for Nebraska families, workforce, and communities. Instead of allocating additional taxpayer dollars on top of billions for ICE, our members of Congress should focus on stability and economic security for working families through basic food supports, health care, and housing.
Thank you for your continued advocacy!
