No more funding for ICE and CBP without transparency and accountability!

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Tell The House:

The administration has confirmed interest in the proposed second reconciliation bill, and last week the Senate passed its version of that legislation.

It is urgent that you contact your Representative now!

Majority leadership have introduced a narrowly focused reconciliation bill that would fully fund ICE and CBP for three years, and President Trump has endorsed this approach. The reconciliation bill would provide about $70 billion in funding for ICE and CBP to sustain them until at least the end of Trump’s term.

This proposal does not include any of the guardrails on federal immigration agents that communities and their Congressional champions have demanded.

Yet our demands, the community demands, remain clear:

ICE and CBP surges in our communities should be prohibited.
Full Congressional investigations of past abuses must be conducted.
The DHS funding bill must impose accountability.
ICE and CBP enforcement at sensitive locations must stop.
Warrantless arrests must be prohibited.
The reckless, often lawless, use of force must end.
Family and child detention must end.
Massive increases in detention capacity must not be funded.

Urge your Representatives to cut back on the huge increases in funding for ICE and CBP and strengthen Congressional oversight of enforcement activities and detention. Say No to abusive enforcement. No more attacks on our communities and our immigrant neighbors!

Take action now as the Reconciliation 2.0 ramps up.

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Background and Context:

With the surge of ICE and CBP agents in Minneapolis, the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, and the kidnapping of 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos (BBC) fresh in their minds, Senate Democrats refused to support further funding for the Department of Homeland Security without significant reforms. Nevertheless, Senate Majority Leader Thune (R-SD), was able to move the proposal forward on a vote of 52 in favor, 47, in opposition and 1 Senator not voting.

Negotiations on reforms failed during a two-week funding extension in February, so funding for the Department of Homeland Security ended on February 14. The partial shutdown lasted for 76 days. However, ICE and CBP enforcement activities have continued using funds from the nearly $140 billion in additional funding provided to them in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Democrats continue to demand a set of civil-rights-oriented reforms in federal immigration enforcement that emphasize transparency, judicial oversight, and alignment with local policing norms. These proposed reforms or “guardrails” would:

Prohibit immigration officers from wearing masks during enforcement activities and require visible identification numbers
Require that ICE and CBP agents use body cameras during enforcement activities
Limit warrantless searches and arrests
End roving patrols and encourage coordination with state and local law enforcement
Subject federal immigration agents to the same use-of-force rules that govern local police and require independent investigations of use of force incidents

A bipartisan group of Senators did negotiate with the Trump administration, but so far, the Trump administration has not agreed to any legislation to implement these proposed reforms.

As an end run around these constraints, the majority is using a Reconciliation 2.0 proposal to move very fast. We need to apply the pressure of moral concern to make agreement as unpalatable as possible for moderates in both camps.

UU Grounding

As of General Assembly 2024, as Unitarian Universalists, we have agreed to “adopt new language on core religious values.” We agree love is the power that holds us together and is at the center of our shared values. The values we share include all the following, which we hold as inseparable and deeply interconnected: Interdependence, Pluralism, Justice, Transformation, Generosity, and Equity. (Read more on the Article II revision process.)

With these agreed core religious values in mind, we also ground our call to preserve easy access to the vote in support of immigration justice in the following Unitarian Universalist Statements:

Protect the Dreamers, the Recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) with a Pathway to Permanent Residence, 2023 Action of Immediate Witness
Undoing Systemic White Supremacy: A Call to Prophetic Action, 2021 Statement of Conscience
Protect the Rights of Immigrants and Asylum Seekers, 2019 Action of Immediate Witness
End Family Separation and Detention of Asylum Seekers and Abolish ICE, 2018 Action of Immediate Witness
Build Solidarity with our Muslim Neighbors, 2016 Action of Immediate Witness
End Immigrant Child and Family Detention Now, 2015 Action of Immediate Witness
Immigration as a Moral Issue, 2013 Statement of Conscience

Tell The House: No more funding for ICE and CBP without transparency and accountability!

The administration has confirmed interest in the proposed second reconciliation bill, and last week the Senate passed its version of that legislation.

This proposal does not include any of the guardrails on federal immigration agents that communities and their Congressional champions have demanded.

Sign now to send a message to your elected representatives to demonstrate courage in this dire moment. You'll be able to customize your email to Congress on the next screen.

No more funding for ICE and CBP without transparency and accountability!

Subject: Oppose more funding for ICE and CBP at every turn!

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As your constituent and a person motivated by faith and moral values, I urge you to fight like heck against increases in funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). I join others across the country in calling on you to oppose funding for ICE as part of the Reconciliation bill before the House. I urge you to refuse to condone, deal or barter with the proponents. This is a matter of principle, justice and accountability. At a time when many Americans are struggling to afford basic needs, a budget that gives ICE and CBP billions more is morally bankrupt. Until common sense guardrails are enacted, full transparency imposed, real accountability rendered Congress must not give these agencies more funding. Assurances are not enough after more than a year of this conduct be ICE, CBP, and DHS. ICE and CBP’s aggressive actions include the irresponsible arrest of U.S. citizens and long-term immigrants, as well as the cruel and inhumane treatment of migrants in detention. The opening of multiple warehouses to hold deportees compounds these concerns. They are still detaining Families and Kids, plus regular people. Houses of Worship and other Sensitive Locations must be protected, on that both parties should be able to agree. Please put forward real legislative solutions for this circumstance. Most Americans do not support the conduct of ICE and CBP. They must be compelled, through the power of the purse, to uphold basic standards of practice utilized by law enforcement officials across the country. Do not allow them to harm our communities further by supporting this bill and giving them more funding to continue poor conduct and behavior. ICE and CBP must be held to account for the violence and chaos they perpetrated in our U.S. communities. I urge you to oppose all funding for these agencies, they have more than enough funds right now to afford Congress the time needed to provide detailed bipartisan oversight. The House must show its mettle here and now on these moral and budget matters.

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Subject: ICE and CBP do not deserve more funding without transparency and accountability!

Message:

As your constituent and a person motivated by faith and moral values, I urge you to think twice and reject increases in funding for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). I join others across the country in calling on you to oppose funding for ICE as part of the Reconciliation bill before the House. At a time when many Americans are struggling to afford basic needs, a budget that gives ICE and CBP billions more is immoral. Until common sense guardrails are enacted, full transparency imposed, real accountability rendered Congress must not give these agencies more funding. ICE and CBP’s aggressive actions include the irresponsible arrest of U.S. citizens and long-term immigrants, as well as the cruel and inhumane treatment of migrants in detention. The opening of multiple warehouses to hold deportees compounds these concerns. Houses of Worship and other Sensitive Locations must be protected, on that both parties should be able to agree. Please put forward real legislative solutions for this circumstance. Most Americans do not support the conduct of ICE and CBP. They must be compelled, through the power of the purse, to uphold basic standards of practice utilized by law enforcement officials across the country. Do not allow them to harm our communities further by supporting this bill and giving them more funding to continue poor conduct and behavior. Please show concern for immigrants and and moral courage for our communities by opposing this reconciliation bill. Just as the House did on the matter of TPS for Haiti. I urge you to oppose no strings attached funding for these agencies. The House must show its mettle here and now on these moral and budget matters.

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