DISMANTLE AND RESTRUCTURE ICE’S ENFORCEMENT
AND REMOVAL OPERATIONS DIVISION
Trump promised that he would focus on deporting “bad dudes.” Instead, he issued an order allowing ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) division “to arrest and detain any undocumented immigrant they wanted.” ICE-ERO has been denounced for:
- Breaking up families whose only violation is being undocumented
- Indiscriminately raiding workplaces, schools, and churches
- Violating due process rights
- Making arrests without warrants
- Making unfounded accusations of gang-affiliation
- Operating detention facilities that are chronically out-of-compliance and where sex abuse occurs
Many have decried the resources wasted deporting productive community members instead of the “bad dudes.”
Agents in ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations division (who pursue criminals involved in drug, weapons and human trafficking, cybercrime, financial crimes and identity fraud) have asked for ICE to be restructured, fearing the taint of ICE-ERO misdeeds. Members of Congress now seek to dismantle ICE, replacing it with “a humane immigration enforcement system that upholds the dignity of all individuals, while transferring necessary functions to other agencies.” Contrary to GOP’s lies—Where’s Complicit Greg Walden—this is not a call for so-called “open borders.”
ICE-ERO has been a rogue agency for many years. Tell Congress to create an agency that enforces policies that align with our values.
Defend Human Rights!
Fix ICE-ERO Now!
**ACTION ONE: CALL YOUR SENATORS**
“My name is [–] and I’m a constituent and voter from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because Congress needs to take immediate action to dismantle ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations division, which has committed many documented abuses, and replace it with a more humane and service-oriented system that both protects Americans and respects immigrants. Please follow Representative Blumenauer’s strong lead in calling for such legislation. ICE-ERO must be dismantled and restructured so that it enforces policies that align with our values! Thank you.”
**ACTION TWO: CALL COMPLICIT GREG WALDEN**
“My name is [–] and I’m a constituent and voter from [city], Oregon [zip code]. I am calling because Congress needs to take immediate action to dismantle ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations division, which has committed many documented abuses, and replace it with a more humane and service-oriented system that both protects Americans and respects immigrants. Please put human rights before your party and follow Representative Blumenauer’s strong lead in calling for such legislation. ICE-ERO must be dismantled and restructured so that it enforces policies that align with our values! Thank you.”
**ACTION THREE: REMEMBER THIS FOR THE MIDTERMS**
We have choices to make this fall. The Republicans’ policy calls for ICE’s continued inhumane treatment of immigrants and violations of their constitutional rights. Do you like this policy?
If the answer is no, then join us in supporting candidates who want to see ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations division dismantled and restructured to create a more humane and service-oriented system that both protects Americans and respects immigrants.
- Learn more about Jamie McLeod-Skinner’s views on this and other critical issues: https://jamiefororegon.com/
- Consider joining Jackson County’s Team Jamie to find out how you can support Jamie’s campaign for Congress! Pick up canvassing literature, learn to use the canvassing app MiniVan, sign up for phone banking, pick up bumper stickers, tee shirts, etc. When: TOMORROW – Saturday, July 7th at 3:30-5 pm
Where: Community Meeting Room @ the Pony Expresso Café, 175 Lithia Way, Ashland
SOURCES:
- https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/03/us/politics/fact-check-ice-immigration-abolish.html
- https://www.oig.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/assets/2018-06/OIG-18-67-Jun18.pdf
- https://www.factcheck.org/2018/07/calls-to-abolish-ice-not-open-borders/
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2018/02/04/a-chemistry-professor-got-his-kids-ready-for-school-then-ice-arrested-him-on-his-front-lawn/?utm_term=.1f5449ed0fab