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Stop Mass Deportations TODAY [1]
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Date: 2025-01-12
Donald Trump and the MAGA Republican Party want to deport 11 million undocumented immigrants - including Dreamers - who work hard, pay taxes, and get few (if any) benefits.
Republicans will increase our taxes by billions of dollars to build massive concentrations camps and hire thousands of ICE agents. And these taxes will be paid by working class Americans - not the billionaires who fund the Republican Party.
Write your Representatives to Stop Mass Deportations.
Beyond billions in taxes, mass deportations will devastate the American economy:
Deporting millions of construction workers will drive housing costs through the roof
will drive housing costs through the roof Deporting millions of farm and meat processing workers will drive the cost of food through the roof
will drive the cost of food through the roof Deporting millions of kitchen workers will force restaurants to raise prices - or close
will force restaurants to raise prices - or close Deporting millions of hospital and nursing home workers will drive health care costs through the roof
Write your Representatives to Stop Mass Deportations.
And beyond economic costs, mass deportations will devastate our civil liberties under the so-called "Laken Riley" bill that is sailing through Congress:
It allows local authorities to enforce federal immigration law , turning any encounter with the police into a potential immigration investigation.
, turning any encounter with the police into a potential immigration investigation. It mandates detention without bail for immigrants , even those who’ve only been arrested, not convicted. No due process. No chance to defend themselves.
, even those who’ve only been arrested, not convicted. No due process. No chance to defend themselves. It gives anti-immigrant state attorneys general unprecedented power to overrule federal immigration policy.
The "Laken Riley" bill should be called the "Mass Deportation" bill because it gives Donald Trump all the power he needs to deport 11 million hard-working immigrants, regardless of opposition from Democratic governors and mayors.
Watch this explainer video from Tono Latino to learn more - and share it with all your friends.
Write your Representatives to Stop Mass Deportations.
Update: read the excellent post by Alex Samuels who says the Laken Riley Bill could pass tomorrow (Monday).
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