The House passed a dangerous anti-immigrant bill that’s moving to the Senate floor for a vote as soon as today.
Every Democratic Senator must unite to stop this dangerous bill from passing, and every Republican Senator needs to know they’re on the wrong side of history — will you make a quick call today and tell your Senator to oppose this harmful bill?
The call tool is simple to use and includes a script. Fill out the form to find your Senator and have your phone ready.
The Laken Riley Act cynically manipulates a personal tragedy to harm countless immigrants. Soon, it could be law that any undocumented person who is merely accused of a minor crime will be thrown in detention. Even when we know that immigrants and people of color are more likely to be accused of crimes because of racism and racial profiling.1
Trump’s campaign spread lies about immigrants to get elected and enact their authoritarian agenda, and now even Democratic members of Congress are buckling under political pressure to pass anti-immigrant policies.
Senators Gallego, Peters, Fetterman, and Ossoff have said publicly that they’re planning to vote for the bill. Senators Kelly, Hickenlooper, Bennet, Blunt Rochester, Coons, Warnock, Shaheen, Hassan, Lujan, Cortez Masto, Rosen, Slotkin, Smith, and Klobuchar are all considered swing votes. But we still have the power to move our electeds to our side, and your call makes a difference.
Call and urge your Senator to vote No on the anti-immigrant Laken Riley Act.
Attacking immigrants is not how we make our communities safer, and it goes against all our Jewish and American values.
Our movement will not stop fighting for a better, safer America that works for all of us — no matter what you look like or where you come from.
Thank you for taking action,
The Bend the Arc team
PS: After your call, reply to this email to let us know how it went — it helps us with tracking and holding our electeds accountable.
Sources:
1. How Racial Profiling Goes Unchecked in Immigration Enforcement, ProPublica