📢 Call to Action: No More Blank Checks for ICE
A child detained by ICE. A broken system funded without oversight. No more money for an agency that operates without accountability.
Friends, I’m heartbroken to share that every Republican in the House just voted with Trump to increase funding for ICE without meaningful oversight or accountability. Before I get into today’s actions and what comes next, I want to share why this moment matters so deeply.
The image I’m sharing below is of a five-year-old boy, one of four children ICE has detained recently. Reports indicate ICE used this child to lure his father into detention as well.1 As a parent, I need to be honest with you: this hit me hard. I’ve stared at his photo all day through tears, and I made him a promise, one I hope you’ll join me in keeping:
You are not my child, but I promise you I will not stop fighting for you.
Every child, every human being, deserves dignity and respect. Today is heavy, but we cannot stop, and we will not stop. Together, we will keep showing up, speaking out, and championing freedom over fascism, real progress, and power to the people.
Now our focus must shift to the Senate, where our advocacy can still help minimize harm to our communities.
Right now, behind closed doors, both Democratic and Republican leaders in the Senate are preparing to give the Department of Homeland Security more money through a proposed FY2026 funding bill without meaningful oversight of agencies that are terrorizing our communities.
This bill would reward ICE’s lawlessness, escalating detention deaths, family separations, racialized enforcement, and documented abuse, including pepper-spraying, beatings, coercion, and deadly violence like the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good. This is not about border safety; it is about refusing to fund cruelty by design. Congress has already written a historic blank check; giving more money now will only deepen the harm. Senators must hear from us immediately and every day until the vote. These are dangerous times, but together, with urgency and solidarity, people power can stop this.
Why We Must Act Now and Contact Our Senators
The Senate is advancing a Fiscal Year 2026 DHS funding bill that increases money for ICE and CBP without real accountability
ICE detention is expanding while deaths, abuse, and family separations continue to rise
People are being targeted based on race, language, and accent
Communities are being terrorized by masked federal agents and militarized enforcement
Billions are being spent on detention and enforcement instead of housing, healthcare, education, and veterans
This funding rewards lawlessness, violence, and profiteering from human suffering
Now is the moment to act. Please do the calls to action below—call, write, and show up and speak out every day until the vote. This is about more than policy; it’s about our values and our priorities. Morally, we cannot keep funding cruelty, lawlessness, and the tearing apart of families. Financially, we cannot justify pouring billions into an agency that operates without accountability while our communities struggle to afford housing, health care, education, and support for veterans.
These are dangerous times, but history shows that when we act together with courage and persistence, people power wins. Hope lives in action—and together, we can build a future rooted in dignity, justice, and opportunity for all.
🚨 Click here to Tell Congress: It’s Time to Defund ICE
📞 Call (202) 224-3121 today—and every day until the vote. Ask to speak with your Senators and use the script below to demand a NO vote.
📩 Act today: Send a message to your Members of Congress and do it every day until the vote. Suggested talking points below.
Letter / Phone Script
Hello, my name is [NAME], and I’m a constituent from [CITY/ZIP].
I’m reaching out to urge you to reject any Fiscal Year 2026 bill that increases ICE funding—not one more penny for Trump’s deportation force.
Congress must end mass detention and racialized dragnet operations that target people based on race, language, or accent. I’m also asking you to end Border Patrol deployment in our cities and stop its ever-expanding role as a personal secret police force that terrorizes communities.
ICE must no longer be allowed to operate slush funds. Congress should cut off ICE’s ability to move money around for detention centers and military-style weapons, and instead impose real, enforceable limits on agency power.
Finally, I urge you to support independent investigations into every death and abuse in custody, ban private detention profiteering, and require full transparency for every taxpayer dollar spent.
Please vote NO on any bill that expands ICE or CBP funding without these protections. I expect you to stand with our communities, the rule of law, and human dignity.
Thank you.
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