ACLU LETTER TO CONGRESS CAMPAIGN: ICE's brutality must end!!! 16JUL26

 

THE out of control fascist ice, hsi & cbp gestapo have to be stopped NOW! We do not have to accept and tolerate their actions mandated by NOT MY pres drumpf, NOT MY vp vance, their ass licking fascist cabinet and the neo-nazi gop / guardians of prejudice-republican party sycophants. Please sign this ACLU letter to congress demanding they stop this government violence, share it with family, friends, coworkers and members of your faith community. Please send an e mail of your own to your representative and senators, my e mail is at the end of this post.

ICE has shot and killed two more people. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo lived in the United States for 35 years, raising three boys who were U.S. citizens. He was on his way to work when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) stopped him – supposedly because he "resembled" the person they were looking for – then shot and killed him. Days later, an ICE agent shot and killed a 26-year-old man from Colombia in Biddeford, Maine. Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero's 3-year-old daughter and wife watched in horror as he took his last breaths. EMS took over 30 minutes to arrive, and he was in the street for approximately 5 hours. Neither Mr. Durán Guerrero nor Mr. Salgado Araujo was the target of the warrants ICE had. Both men leave behind devastated families. How many more people will die at the hands of ICE? We're demanding an end to the fatal, lawless operations from Maine to Texas to Florida and beyond – and we're calling on Congress to stop ICE's deadly spree. Take action: Tell Congress to stop ICE's deadly operations and ensure a full and independent investigation of Mr. Salgado Araujo's and Mr. Durán Guerrero's killings before one more person is hurt or killed. Take Action Since Renee Good and Alex Pretti were killed by ICE in Minnesota earlier this year, we have yet to see any accountability or meaningful change. Instead, Congress continues to give ICE a practically unlimited budget. At Stephen Miller's demand, a new surge of ICE agents has flooded our streets, rushing to meet unprecedented and arbitrary arrest quotas. This type of heartbreaking violence is the inevitable outcome of these horrifying policies. In light of this recent tragedy, we're making these demands: Congress must commit to stripping ICE of its unprecedented billions in funding Secretary Mullin must draw down ICE agents from their nationwide arrest surge, end the arrest quotas, and commit to real reform The Department of Homeland Security must allow a full, transparent, and independent review of all these killings ICE's senseless violence cannot continue. Inaction is not an option when agents are killing our neighbors without consequence. Join us in demanding Congress intervene to stop ICE's deadly spree. With thanks for all you do, Naureen Shah Pronouns: She, her, hers Director of Immigration Policy and Government Affairs, ACLU

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MY E MAILS TO REP SUBRMANYAM D-VA 10TH, SEN WARNER D-VA AND SEN KAINE D-VA

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was a father of three who lived in the United States for 35 years. But as a result of the absurd arrest quotas and out-of-control ICE practices created by the Trump administration's mass detention coalition, he was killed by ICE agents while on his way to work. Days later, ICE agents shot and killed 26-year-old Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Maine. His wife and 3-year-old daughter watched in horror as he took his last breaths.

We've seen ICE agents kill people in our streets with no accountability or justice – including Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. ICE has previously released statements that directly contradict eyewitness and video evidence. Now, ICE is asking the public to look away once again as this expansive secret police force kills more of our neighbors.

ICE must stop flooding our communities with its reckless agents. We need Congress to act.

This violence is the heartbreaking but foreseeable outcome of an out-of-control agency getting a nearly unlimited budget from Congress without any guardrails or reforms – especially in combination with arbitrary and unprecedented arrest quotas. Rather than de-escalate after the killings in Minnesota this January, ICE has received more funding, expanded its operations, and sent more reckless agents into our streets. You must stop this out of control, government sanctioned abuse, brutality, violence, terrorism, violations of human rights and American civil liberties and extrajudicial murders mandated by NOT MY pres drumpf/trump, hhs fascist markwayne mullin and neo-nazi border czar fascist tom hohman. If you do not stop this violence on the residents of our democratic Republic you are complicit in it, your finger may as well be on the trigger.

From Maine to Texas, ICE endangers our communities and must be stopped before anyone else is hurt or killed. I urge you to commit to stripping ICE of its unprecedented billions of dollars in funding.

I urge you to pressure Secretary Mullin to draw down ICE agents from their nationwide arrest surge, end the immigration arrest quotas, and commit to real reforms. Furthermore, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must not stand in the way of a full and independent review of Mr. Salgado Araujo and Mr. Durán Guerrero's killings – including access to the full evidence for local investigators, preservation and access to body camera footage, and recurring, regular updates on the status of the DHS Office of the Inspector General's investigation.

Sincerely,

Craig Schwanke