CALL TO ACTION: Support Dreamers and Families (March 21, 2019)
SUPPORT DREAMERS AND FAMILIES
The Dream and Promise Act was introduced in the House on March 12. It’s an opportunity to protect millions of our neighbors and their families. These people have been contributing to our communities for decades.
It would stop Trump’s attempts to end DACA and the Temporary Protected Status program by:
- Allowing DREAMers to apply for legal residency and eventual citizenship
- Allowing those in TPS, who have come here fleeing war, violence and natural disaster, to apply for permanent legal status
- Repealing a 1996 act that penalizes states that grant in-state tuition based on residency rather than immigration status
- Preventing HSA from using information on DACA and TPS applications to arrest and deport immigrants. We can help millions of young people to continue their education and find long term stability in the only home they know
We can help hundreds of thousands of our neighbors who face removal from their homes and families. We can stop their forced return to the violence and danger they fled. We can keep families together. We call on our elected officials to pass HR6 in the House and fight for the passage of a Senate version.
We Stand With All Immigrants!
**ACTION ONE: CALL OUR SENATORS**
SAMPLE SCRIPT for Senators Wyden and Merkley:
“My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [town/city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because . . .
. . . I support DREAMers and our neighbors in the Temporary Protected Status program. Please ask the Senator to do everything possible to achieve the passage of a Dream and Promise Act in the Senate.
Thank you.”
SENATOR RON WYDEN
Portland: (503) 326-7525, DC: (202) 224-5244
Salem: (503) 589-4555, Eugene: (541) 431-0229
Medford: (541) 858-5122, Bend: (541) 330-9142
La Grande: (541) 960-7691
https://www.wyden.senate.gov/contact/
SENATOR JEFF MERKLEY
Portland: (503) 326-3386, DC: (202) 224-3753
Salem: (503) 362-8102, Eugene: (541) 465-6750
Medford: (541) 608-9102, Bend: (541) 318-1298
Pendleton: (541) 278-1129
https://www.merkley.senate.gov/contact/
**ACTION TWO: CALL COMPLICIT GREG WALDEN**
SAMPLE SCRIPT FOR WALDEN:
“My name is [–] and I’m a constituent from [town/city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because . . .
. . . I support DREAMers and our neighbors in the Temporary Protected Status program. Greg Walden needs to remember all of the families in Oregon that would be hurt by the loss of these programs. I am asking him to join in co-sponsoring HR 6 and to work to ensure its passage in the House.
Thank you.”
COMPLICIT GREG WALDEN
DC (202) 225-6730, Medford: (541) 776-4646
Bend (541) 389-4408, La Grande (541) 624-2400
https://walden.house.gov/contact-greg/email-me
**ACTION THREE: BE AN ACTIVIST**
Visit the ORD2 Indivisible Event Calendar on a regular basis to keep updated on our local activities. Participate with us as often as you can. Check out the following:
Non-ORD2 Indivisible Sponsored Event: Jackson County Mental Health Services Information Forum – Medford
TODAY, March 21 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
https://ord2indivisible.org/event/non-ord2-indivisible-sponsored-event-jackson-county-mental-health-services-information-forum-medford/
Non-ORD2 Indivisible Sponsored Event: Take Action in Salem to Stop Jordan Cove LNG – Salem
March 28 @ 9:30 am – 4:30 pm
https://ord2indivisible.org/event/non-ord2-indivisible-sponsored-event-take-action-in-salem-to-stop-jordan-cove-lng-salem/
Non-ORD2 Indivisible Sponsored Event: “Awakening the Dreamer” – Grants Pass
April 13 @ 1:00 pm – 4:30 pm
https://ord2indivisible.org/event/non-ord2-indivisible-sponsored-event-awakening-the-dreamer-grants-pass/
SUBMIT EVENTS TO BE ADDED TO THE ORD2 INDIVISIBLE EVENT CALENDAR
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