Americans asked to weigh in again on ICE funding, surveillance
Congress is returning to the same high-stakes issues that dominated lawmakers’ attention last month, reports The Hill.
President Trump has set a June 1 deadline for lawmakers to deliver legislation to his desk to fund immigration enforcement, which Republican leaders plan to accomplish through the budget reconciliation process, avoiding a Democratic filibuster.
And privacy advocates from both parties are pushing again to add a warrant requirement as lawmakers try again to renew Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
The National Immigration Law Center is urging Americans to contact their lawmakers asking them to halt funding for ICE and for Customs and Border Protection “until the violence, abuses, and deaths in American communities and in immigration detention centers stop.”
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And the American Civil Liberties Union is asking Americans to urge lawmakers to reform Section 702, requiring warrants before the government can search communications of an American, as well as barring the government from buying data it would otherwise need a warrant to obtain.
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You can call the Capitol switchboard, (202) 224-3121, and be connected to the offices of your representative and senators. To email your House member and your two senators, you can connect to their websites at Congress.gov. Most lawmakers seem to only accept emails from their constituents, but these leaders accept emails from Americans nationwide, at:
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer
Senate Majority Leader John Thune
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