Call to Action: June 14, 2018
STOP THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FROM FLOUTING THE LAW
Jeff Sessions runs a Justice Department that flouts laws and due process. Under his watch, the DoJ supports Trump’s child-snatching policies in myriad ways:
- Asylum seekers crossing outside legal checkpoints are charged with a federal crime, separated from their children, and tried in groups — illegally — by DoJ prosecutors who pressure them to plead guilty. They return to ICE for asylum hearings with a criminal record.
- Asylum seekers appearing at legal checkpoints are sometimes prosecuted – illegally.
- Sessions now allows federal prisons to hold detainees, though they are not serving time for a federal crime.
Sessions has degraded the immigration courts:
- He has allowed judges to dismiss asylum pleas without full hearings.
- If he wins a fight to impose case quotas, judges – who are DoJ employees — could cut corners to keep their jobs.
- Immigrants are not guaranteed legal assistance. Under Session’s watch, young children – even infants– have appeared in immigration courts without representation.
- As a one-man supreme court, he overturned a court case for escapees of spousal abuse and gang violence.
Congress Must Make Sessions’ DoJ Accountable to the Rule of Law!
**ACTION ONE: CALL OUR SENATORS**
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent and voter from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling today because I want you to do everything in your power to stop Jeff Sessions from violating the rule of law and stop the federal courts from being his enablers. I ask the Senator to:
1) Make sure that any immigration reform bill removes the immigration courts from under the DoJ and funds representation for immigrants.
2) Investigate why the federal courts are holding group hearings for asylum seekers.
3) Investigate judges deciding cases without a hearing and the lack of representation for immigrants.
**ACTION TWO: CALL COMPLICIT GREG WALDEN**
My name is [–] and I’m a constituent and voter from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling today to DEMAND that Greg Walden stop enabling Trump, put people and country before party, and do everything in his power to stop Jeff Sessions from violating the rule of law and stop the federal courts from being his enablers. He must honor his oath of office and:
1) Make sure that any immigration reform bill removes the immigration courts from under the DoJ and funds representation for immigrants.
2) Investigate why the federal courts are holding group hearings for asylum seekers.
3) Investigate judges deciding cases without a hearing and the lack of representation for immigrants.
**ACTION THREE: Attend the Non-ORD2 Indivisible Sponsored Event: ¿¿Where are the children?? Stop Separating Immigrant Families!
Event Sponsor: Unete Center for Farm Worker and Immigrant Advocacy
Join Unete as we say NO to separating immigrant families.
The Trump administration has gone too far declaring immigrants are animals and separating innocent children from their parents in an attempt to curb migration to this country.
Enough is enough!
This national day of action will include inspirational messages and community support for immigrant families. Bring your signs, families, friends, neighbors, stories, pictures and join us!
TODAY, June 14, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Vogel Plaza, 15 S Central, Medford
https://www.facebook.com/events/131242627751057/
This is from the Families Belong Together website regarding today’s nationwide events:
SOURCES:
The Trump Administration’s Separation of Families at the Border, Explained
https://www.vox.com/2018/6/11/17443198/children-immigrant-families-separated-parents
