Republicans in Congress hope that by kicking the can down the road on ICE funding, our movement will lose momentum.
Instead, we’re rising up like never before to demand action.
On Wednesday, Bend the Arc, T’ruah, and over 50 co-sponsoring organizations will be in Washington D.C. with more than 100 rabbis and cantors leading a protest outside ICE Headquarters.
Simultaneous actions will take place in Minneapolis and Massachusetts to draw attention to the complicity of corporations, including Target and Signature Aviation, an airline that provides fuel and logistics for ICE flights.
Can’t make it in-person? Support the demands from immigration, Jewish, and civil rights groups: Email Congress today to say not one more dollar for ICE.
Here’s the latest update on the ICE budget fight:
Congressional Republicans want to give ICE $64.4 billion for another year. Billions of dollars to rip families apart, build more prison camps, tear gas peaceful protestors, and murder legal observers.
Democratic leadership is demanding policy changes to ICE, like requirements for masks, body cameras, and judicial warrants, limits on uses of force, and more government oversight.1
These measures are the absolute bare minimum, and we must continue to demand loudly and clearly: Congress must commit to ending ICE terror, full stop — including cutting ICE’s funding.
The tides are turning, and the vast majority of Americans are on our side.2,3
Keep an eye on your inbox next week for next steps with Jews against ICE.
In solidarity,
Eli Williams-Szenes
Director of Advocacy and Political Affairs, Bend the Arc
Sources:
1. What Restrictions Are Democrats Demanding for Immigration Agents?, New York Times
2. Poll: Two-thirds of Americans say ICE has ‘gone too far’ in immigration enforcement, NPR
3. Trump’s New “Prison Camp” Threat Unleashes Fury Even in MAGA Country, The New Republic
