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if you oppose Trump's immigration moves, there's stuff you can do even before 2020 to affect policies:
—look up & organize on your local officials' ICE cooperation policies, esp. your sheriff's
—advocate for legislation in your state legislature restricting that cooperation
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—look up & organize on your local officials' ICE cooperation policies, esp. your sheriff's
—advocate for legislation in your state legislature restricting that cooperation
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e.g., on legislation:
—if you live in MA, organizers are making a big push to get the Safe Communities Act passed: baystatebanner.com/2019/02/07/act…
—if you live in CO: HB 1124 would block certain local sheriffs who want to be more aggressive appealpolitics.org/2019/colorados…
(Both Dem-controlled.)
—if you live in MA, organizers are making a big push to get the Safe Communities Act passed: baystatebanner.com/2019/02/07/act…
—if you live in CO: HB 1124 would block certain local sheriffs who want to be more aggressive appealpolitics.org/2019/colorados…
(Both Dem-controlled.)
on local officials
—last week, a NC sheriff was pressured to cut cooperation appealpolitics.org/2019/forsyth-c…
—in AR, activism against ICE is picking-up: appealpolitics.org/2019/arkansas-…
—6 counties with 287g deals have sheriff elections this year. could change a lot there:
—last week, a NC sheriff was pressured to cut cooperation appealpolitics.org/2019/forsyth-c…
—in AR, activism against ICE is picking-up: appealpolitics.org/2019/arkansas-…
—6 counties with 287g deals have sheriff elections this year. could change a lot there:
I want to emphasize local officials' **VOLUNTARY** ICE cooperation is affects heavily-blue areas. People often say 'I live in a blue ocean, my officials are already anti-Trump' but this really isn't an issue where that applies.
e.g. new article on Alameda: theappeal.org/ice-friendly-p…
e.g. new article on Alameda: theappeal.org/ice-friendly-p…
