Right now, Congress is moving forward with a giant funding bill that will direct hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars to further expand the reach of President Trump’s mass deportation, mass detention, and border militarization plans.
The Trump Administration wants to fund these policies that disrupt families, communities, and our local and national economy by cutting lifesaving federal programs like Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, nutrition assistance for children, and student loans.
STOP FUNDING CRUEL IMMIGRATION POLICIES
Urge your lawmakers to oppose funding for mass deportations and inhumane border policies.
Let that amount of money sink in.
Critical federal programs like Social Security, health care and nutrition assistance for children, Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, will be cut to supercharge the mass deportation machine and continue crackdowns on immigrants and people seeking safety– including family separation, family detention, ICE enforcement at schools, places of worship, and hospitals.
While the final text is still being written and negotiations are ongoing, we know enough to be deeply concerned.
Now is the time to get informed, spread awareness, and lobby your members of Congress!
What’s Happening?
The House and Senate are moving quickly to pass a reconciliation bill that will fuel suffering rather than investing in humane, orderly and sustainable solutions. This reconciliation process allows Congress to pass large spending bills that require only a majority vote in the Senate.
Stemming the flow of money is a critical step to protecting immigrant communities and support people seeking safety. As the decision-makers on federal funding, Congress has the responsibility to rein in these policies that tear apart families and loved ones and hurt our communities.
Amnesty International USA strongly opposes any funding package that funds increased detention and mass deportations, border walls or barriers, or fuels the harmful and xenophobic policies proposed by President Trump.
A human-rights-centered approach is not only possible, it is the only sustainable solution to the broken immigration system.
Communities across the country are struggling to make ends meet and they deserve better than their leaders investing billions of their hard-earned tax dollars on expensive and cruel mass deportation and deterrence efforts rather than policies and programs that will help all our communities thrive.
We expect the Reconciliation bill in late March or April, and we need you ALL to step into your activist role and keep the momentum going! Together, we’ll amplify our message—loud, clear, and impossible to ignore:
Detention and mass deportations undermine people’s dignity, separate families, and hurt communities. We demand that Members of Congress take swift action to reject this harmful budget and invest in our communities instead.
This upcoming reconciliation bill is a direct attack on our human rights and communities, we need to mobilize before it’s too late.
What you can do now!
1. Ask lawmakers to vote NO on funding cruel immigration policies.
Here’s a script you can use:
Hi, My name is [First Name] and I’m a constituent from [City, State].
I’m calling to encourage [Representative/Senator Name] to oppose this massive reconciliation bill that will use my taxpayer dollars for mass deportations, family detention, and border militarization. So many in our community are struggling to make ends meet, and I don’t want my taxpayer dollars going to programs that violate human rights and destroy our communities at the expense of programs like Social Security, Medicaid, and food stamps.
Please do the right thing and vote no. Thank you!