From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org):
Right now, Congress is considering the level of funding for detention, deportation, and border militarization for next fiscal year (FY 2020). These funds are at the expense of investments in education, healthcare, and humanitarian assistance. Every dollar that fuels the machinery behind unjust detention, deportations, and a militarized border serves only to dismantle community wholeness and separate families. Congress has the “power of the purse,” so it is critical that Senators and Representatives hear loudly and clearly that their constituents want them to cut this harmful spending and instead prioritize human needs, community-based, non-restrictive alternatives to detention, and relief and support to communities.
CALL TODAY: Go to https://greateras1.org/take-action-tell-congress-to-invest-in-community-wholeness-cut-funds-for-deportation-detention-and-border-militarization/ to Call Your Members of Congress
You will receive a phone call that connects you to your 2 Senators and 1 Representative. Alternatively, you can call directly—find contact information:
- Senator Robert Casey: http://casey.senate.gov
- Senator Pat Toomey: http://toomey.senate.gov
- Your Representative: http://www.house.gov
Sample Script: “I’m your constituent from [CITY/TOWN], and [as a person of faith] I urge you to cut funding for detention, deportation, and border militarization. I don’t want Congress to write a check to deport and detain my community members. I urge you to do everything you can to see detention, deportation, and border militarization funding reduced in fiscal year 2020 – and to hold the Department of Homeland Security accountable for immoral and cruel attacks against asylum seekers, immigrants, and other vulnerable populations. My community welcomes and values immigrants, and I urge you to do the same.”
Feel free to share a personal story about standing in solidarity with immigrants. Let them know the specific ways that immigrants are welcomed into and contribute to your community.
Amplify on Social Media: Don’t forget to share this message with your Senators and Representatives on Twitter and Facebook (PA Twitter handles below). Here are some sample posts:
- .@[MEMBER OF CONGRESS]: I call on Congress to fund a moral budget that stops fueling family separation & cuts funding for detention, deportation, border militarization #DefundHate
- .@[MEMBER OF CONGRESS] invest in families & communities, NOT in DHS’s plan to tear families apart and turn away asylum seekers. We’re better than this #DefundHate
Thank you for taking action!
PA Twitter Handles
- Bob Casey: @SenBobCasey
- Pat Toomey: @SenToomey
- Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-1): @RepBrianFitz
- Brendan Boyle (PA-2): @CongBoyle
- Dwight Evans (PA-3): @RepDwightEvans
- Madeleine Dean (PA-4): @RepDean
- Mary Gay Scanlon (PA-5): @RepMGS
- Chrissy Houlahan (PA-6): @RepHoulahan
- Susan Wild (PA-7): @RepSusanWild
- Matt Cartwright (PA-8): @RepCartwright
- Dan Meuser (PA-9): @RepMeuser
- Scott Perry (PA-10): @RepScottPerry
- Lloyd Smucker (PA-11): @RepSmucker
- Vacant (PA-12):
- John Joyce (PA-13): @RepJohnJoyce
- Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14): @GReschenthaler
- Glenn Thompson (PA-15): @CongressmanGT
- Mike Kelly (PA-16): @MikeKellyPA
- Conor Lamb (PA-17): @RepConorLamb
- Mike Doyle (PA-18): @USRepMikeDoyle
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