NOT MY pres drumpf / trump, NOT MY pres musk, NOT MY vp vance, their corrupt administration, the corrupt gop / greed over people-republican party controlling congress and project 2025 will be satisfied with changing America from a democratic Republic to a third world semi-authoritarian theocratic oligarchy. For them the change has to be complete, damn the middle class, the working class and the poor and damn the U.S. Constitution because only then will the transformation to third world status be complete AND secure. This from the ACLU is asking people to sign their petition to congress to reject the budget reconciliation bill as long as it includes to maintain and expand the illegal and immoral ice detention system. We need to stop it now before the government decides to use it for all "detainees", not just immigrants. Remember, democracy is not a spectator sport so it is always good to e mail your representative and senators and to share these request with family, friends and coworkers. My e mails to Rep Suhas Subramanyam D-VA 10th district and Sen Warner D-VA and Kaine D-VA are at the end of this post.....
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It's graduation season right now – and this week, Mahmoud Khalil should have proudly walked across a Columbia University stage to receive his master's degree and celebrate with his wife and newborn son. Instead, 76 days after his initial illegal arrest, Mr. Khalil is still being held in an ICE detention center thousands of miles away from his family, facing horrific conditions just for speaking out for Palestinian rights. But he's not alone. Right now, President Trump is demanding Congress give him more than $68 billion in taxpayer money to expand and fuel ICE's abusive detention centers – the same centers where tens of thousands of immigrants are facing abuse, medical neglect, and complete disregard for human dignity. We can't let that happen. Tell Congress: Shut down the abusive ICE detention system.
The ACLU's FOIA lawsuits have revealed ICE's plans to massively expand their detention centers. Meanwhile, President Trump is asking for billions of additional dollars to fund ICE – funneling an unprecedented amount of resources towards a cruel and illegal policy of mass detentions and deportations. This lines the pockets of private prisons with our tax money – while abandoning immigrants to inhumane and dangerous conditions. Rümeysa Öztürk, the Tufts student who was also illegally detained and sent to Louisiana for her lawful speech, faced multiple worsening asthma attacks while in ICE detention and didn't receive adequate medical care. Immigrants in these facilities report degrading treatment, physical and sexual abuse, denial of basic hygiene needs, and a systemic lack of care for their basic human rights. Yet Congress could vote soon to give even more money to this abusive mass detention machine. Our representatives must hear from us – join us in demanding that Congress reject any bill that would give more money to ICE. We hope you'll join us in demanding Mahmoud Khalil's freedom and calling for an end to ICE's mass detention machine. The ACLU Team |
Tens of thousands of immigrants are currently in ICE detention across the country, where abuse, medical neglect, and complete disregard for the dignity of people in its custody are commonplace. Unchecked, and given NOT MY pres drumpf's / trump's and his administration's disregard for First Amendment rights and Habeas Corpus it is conceivable these detention centers could also be used to hold Americans. These abusive conditions also come at an immense cost to taxpayers – and that high cost is on the verge of skyrocketing even more.
ICE plans to expand detention to a staggering capacity of at least 100,000 people on any given day, in more than 100 detention sites nationwide, despite strong public opposition from immigrants' rights advocates and members of Congress. Trump’s ICE is poised to get more than $68 billion in taxpayer dollars to carry out its mass detention and deportation program.
Expanding our country’s already mass immigration detention system will only help President Trump carry out his draconian mass detention and deportation program. The bottom line is that this system is fundamentally inhumane, unnecessarily costly, and continues to put lives at risk: Please reject any bills that fund this cruel abusive mass detention machine.
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