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Friends, this has been a tough week and a tough year—and we are only into the first month of 2026. Now, ICE and Homeland Security are stretching their hands out to the Senate to get millions more to fund what many see as a hate machine. I fear that once they secure a full budget, we will see the kinds of escalations now happening in Minnesota spread nationally: children taken from their families and detained by ICE, a woman killed by federal agents after dropping her child off at school, and a community member filming federal abuses wrestled to the ground, pepper-sprayed, beaten by multiple officers, and fatally shot during an immigration enforcement operation.
People who have lived and worked in our communities for 5, 10, even 40 years, and who have committed no crimes, are being subjected to inhumane and degrading conditions: detained in harsh conditions, sometimes facing death or being placed in freezing holding cells, and in some cases beaten or pepper-sprayed until they agree to deportation—only to be sent to countries they have no connection to.
Yet despite these painful times, I still believe in our humanity and our brotherly and sisterly love for one another. I think that we, the people, will rise and overcome the hatred and bigotry we are seeing from MAGA, President Trump, and complicit Republicans in Congress. In that spirit, I went back and forth about sharing our weekly Good News and progress from the resistance, and ultimately decided we needed to see hope and love in action. It will be that hope and love that power us through these tough times and strengthen our connection to one another. Let us be clear—no one can impose their hatred and bigotry on us.
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.
- Laurie
Resist & Rising Together Weekly: Good News and Progress from the Resistance
Each week, Resist & Rising Together Weekly by People Power United shares stories of courage, creativity, and collective power. While authoritarians try to divide and silence us, we rise—community by community, action by action—to defend democracy, demand justice, and celebrate progress.
Because resistance isn’t just about fighting back—it’s about moving forward. Together, we are writing the story of progress, one act of people power at a time.
Today, we honor the strength, resilience, and courage of the American people—those rising together to reject tyranny and defend our democracy.
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Today’s Calls to Action
🚨Click here to Tell Congress: Investigate ICE Retaliation Against Protests
🚨 Click here to Tell Congress: It’s Time to Defund ICE
Click here to Tell Congress: We need immigration reform now
Click here to Ban Members of Congress from Trading Stock While in Office
Click here to Tell Congress: An Oath to the Constitution Requires Saying No to Illegal Orders
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🚨 NO MORE BLANK CHECKS FOR ICE
Freedom over fascism means drawing a clear moral line now. No more blank checks for an agency that kidnaps our neighbors, harms people in detention, and terrorizes communities without accountability.
Behind closed doors, Senate leaders from both parties are pushing to increase DHS funding with little oversight. The proposed FY2026 bill would reward lawlessness and abuse instead of stopping it.
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.
🚨Click here to Tell Congress: Investigate ICE Retaliation Against Protests
🚨 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 Senators 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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Thank you for those words of hope and encouragement. It was much appreciated. Your message will be that of strength and courage as we stand united in the fight for freedom. God bless all patriots . United we stand . ✊
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