Enough Is Enough

Good morning, Dear Activists

We know this has been a tough 24 hours and we're giving you hugs remotely.  We've heard from so many of you and we are working on actions so you can express your outrage and make a difference. 

Here are a couple of things you can do now after our government's murder yesterday of Alex Pretti  - a U.S. Citizen and ICU nurse at a Veterans Administration hospital - in Minneapolis.  And that's after federal ICE thugs murdered a mother of three, Renee Good.  

There will be more to come, but here is what you can do and plan for right now and in the coming days.

EMAIL OUR SENATORS TODAY

CALL THEM TODAY AND TOMORROW

The bill increases funding for ICE. If this bill passes, ICE will receive $400 million more for detention and $370 million more for its enforcement budget compared to last year. That’s on top of the $170 billion allocated by Trump’s Big Ugly Bill for his mass deportation machine. ICE is using taxpayer dollars to kill people, invade homes without warrants, and threaten peaceful protestors. The last thing we should be doing is giving them more money to enable their cruelty. 

❌  The reforms included in the bill are completely inadequate. The bill allocates funding for body cameras, officer training, and the DHS Inspector General’s Office, but these measures fall far short of what we need to actually protect our communities. We’ve already seen what ICE thugs are willing to do on camera -- one filmed the killing of Renee Good on his own cellphone. And there’s no reason to think that giving the Trump regime more money to investigate itself will stop the violence.

❌  Actual restrictions on ICE were left out. Congress can end Border Patrol deployments to our cities; restrict ICE and Border Patrol’s dragnet operations, racial profiling, and mass surveillance; and prevent these agencies from stealing funds from other programs to run their mass deportation machine. All of these provisions would have real impact on the ground, but none of them were included in this bill. 

Here's a script for your email and you can use all or part of it as you choose:

Dear Senator,

I urge you to refuse to vote for any appropriations bill for the Department of Homeland Security that fails to rein in ICE and Border Patrol and protect our communities.

The killing of Renee Good on January 7 and Alex Pretti on January 24 are devastating examples of what happens when federal immigration enforcement operates without meaningful restrictions. Their deaths are a result of unchecked violence, impunity, and abuse carried out by federal immigration enforcement agencies that put everyday people at risk. You cannot stand by while ICE continues to harm communities across the country.

As a Member of Congress, you have the power to limit the administration's abuse of power by:

🔵  Refusing to vote for any FY2026 appropriations bill that includes increased funding for ICE or Border Patrol, including funds for detention. 

🔵  Refusing to vote for any appropriations bill for DHS unless it: 

    Strengthens restrictions on ICE and Border Patrol’s ability to conduct dragnet arrest operations and target people based on their race, language or accent, place of employment, or location at the time of the apprehension;

     Ends Border Patrol deployment to our cities and rejects its ever-expanding mandate in immigration enforcement; and

     Limits DHS's reprogramming and transfer authority, including specifically preventing reprogramming and transferring funds for detention.  

Every Member of Congress must insist on real limits and accountability before any funding is approved. I hope to see you standing up for the safety, dignity, and rights of all people in our communities.

Here are the contacts to call and write:

Sen. McCormick – Phila office 215-405-9660; D.C. office 202-224-6324; email link

Sen. Fetterman – Phila office 215-241-1090; D.C. 202-224-4254; email link

For outside PA:  Find your senators’ phone numbers and emails at this link.

GET READY

Please be on the lookout for more newsletters with more you can do.  

Tomorrow - Protest in front of Senator McCormick's office.  Every Monday at noon our friends at Peace Justice Sustainability Now hold a protest outside the senator's office. Let's show up and make it huge. Noon tomorrow.

Tomorrow night - Indivisible and ACLU will hold an ICE Watch mass training. Time and signup to follow.  

Tuesday - We will be protesting outside Senator Fetterman's office with our friends at Indivisible MontCo and Friends. Sign up here.  It'll be at 2nd and Chestnut Streets at noon. 

Do you want to write a letter to him telling him how he must vote NO and how you feel about these murders? Bring it!  We'll hand them in to the office after the rally.

Sign up here.

Saturday - We will be rallying and marching at Independence Mall, then to the ICE office, then back to Independence Mall.  Plans are still being finalized and many more details will follow.    

MORE YOU CAN DO

WRITE LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Join this team and learn the best techniques for getting your views published.  Three more of our LTE writers just had their letters published.  We've had many, many letters published recently and we can do more. 

You can write that it's time for everyone to get engaged after we see what the regime is doing.  We'll give you a lot of topical ideas and tips to effectively send your thoughts to folks willing to consider another point of view. 

Even if you're just not sure if you want to join, you can sign up and find out more to make your decision.  Sign up here.  

Or just get answers to your questions by emailing us here. 

MORE PROTESTS YOU CAN JOIN

1.  Springfield protest - Every Saturday, 1:00 - 2:00 at the intersection of Baltimore Pike and PA Route 320.  Bring your signs on your favorite topic!  

2. Tesla Takedown Protest - Every Saturday - 11:00 - Noon

Tesla Takedown Devon - At the Tesla showroom, 470 Lancaster Ave, Devon, PA 

3. Every Friday -- 11:15 am- Join Fridays@Fetterman's for the weekly Friday vigil for peace in Gaza/Palestine outside of Senator John Fetterman's office at 200 Chestnut Street from 11:15 am to 12:15 pm. Register here  

4.  Fitz Friday - 4:00 - 5:00 pm -- Protest at Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick's office at One Summit Square, Langhorne, PA. Bring signs about whatever you want. There's a lot to complain about!

5. Every Wednesday 5:30 - 6:30 pm -- Join this resistance group at #WeThePeopleWednesdays for Singing for Sanity at Unitarian Universalist Church, 6900 Stenton Avenue.  More information is here.

6.  Every Wednesday at noon - Outside the Philadelphia ICE Office, 114 N. 8th Street.   Sponsored by New Sanctuary Movement.  This is a 40-week series of Interfaith Prayer Vigils.  

7. Every Monday at Noon - Monday at McCormick's -- Join our friends at Peace, Justice, Sustainability NOW for Monday's at McCormick's, in front of Senator McCormick's office at 20th and Market Streets.

8.  Every Monday at 11:00 AM - Vigil outside the ICE office, 114 North 8th Street, Phila. sponsored by State Senator Art Haywood and led by local clergy.

9. Are you outside the Philadelphia area?  You can see all the protests planned by Indivisibles in your area at this link. 

And One More Thing:

We can send you our No Kings t-shirt!  First, make a donation of $35 . Then, check out the t-shirts, sign up for your choice and we'll send it to you to wear any time! 

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