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Today's Daily Action is to call your Representative - again - and urge them to pass bipartisan legislation to protect the Dreamers ASAP. The number is (844) 241-1141. Much has changed since we first made this call on Tuesday.
Here's what happened yesterday: The major development is that Trump agreed with Pelosi and Schumer to move for a three-month debt limit increase - this includes the Harvey / Irma disaster relief funds that are needed before the end of this week - but importantly, this deal preserves the Democrats' leverage. Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell wanted an 18-month deal which would of course prevent Democrats from being able to use the debt limit increase or the continuing resolution (the budget framework) in negotiations. In addition, during the White House meeting, Schumer and Pelosi stressed that they wanted to see legislation to protect the Dreamers passed quickly and after the meeting Trump stated his support to reporters in rather blunt terms: "Chuck and Nancy would like to see something happen, and so do I."
Here's what you need to do now if your Representative is a REPUBLICAN:
When Donald Trump said that he wanted a healthcare bill that showed more "heart," we then pressed Republican Senators to show more heart. Yesterday, Donald Trump said that he wants to see Congress pass legislation to protect the Dreamers. TODAY is the day to push your Republican representative - regardless of their previous positions and regardless of how conservative they are to (1) Fall in line behind Donald Trump and pass DACA as legislation ASAP. (2) When you call their offices, ask them why they're unable to show this level of flexibility if Trump can. (3) Remind them that it's already September and we haven't really seen the Congress do anything all year and tell them that you agree with Trump's argument that it would be nice to see Republicans and Democrats actually do something substantive in a bipartisan way. (4) Warn them that this issue is only going to get worse - key provisions of the memo rescinding DACA have already gone into effect and more provisions go into effect the first week of October -- they will make a bad situation worse if they can't get this done by the end of September.
When Donald Trump said that he wanted a healthcare bill that showed more "heart," we then pressed Republican Senators to show more heart. Yesterday, Donald Trump said that he wants to see Congress pass legislation to protect the Dreamers. TODAY is the day to push your Republican representative - regardless of their previous positions and regardless of how conservative they are to (1) Fall in line behind Donald Trump and pass DACA as legislation ASAP. (2) When you call their offices, ask them why they're unable to show this level of flexibility if Trump can. (3) Remind them that it's already September and we haven't really seen the Congress do anything all year and tell them that you agree with Trump's argument that it would be nice to see Republicans and Democrats actually do something substantive in a bipartisan way. (4) Warn them that this issue is only going to get worse - key provisions of the memo rescinding DACA have already gone into effect and more provisions go into effect the first week of October -- they will make a bad situation worse if they can't get this done by the end of September.
Here's what you need to do now if your Representative is a DEMOCRAT:
Pelosi and Schumer have preserved their leverage into mid-December but even though it would be extremely difficult to pass Dreamer legislation this week (to prevent delaying needed funds for Harvey / Irma), there's no reason why Congress can't pass this legislation before the end of September. Essentially all of the House Democrats are in favor of this legislation but not all of them have a sense of urgency. We need to make them feel the urgency. The key arguments are: (1) to remind them that as of early October, current DACA recipients will be unable to renew their authorizations to work, study and live in this country without fear of deportation. We need this legislation passed before we reach that deadline. (2) Tell them to openly and explicitly tie protecting the Dreamers now in September to the must-pass legislation in December. (3) Tell them to publicly pressure their Republican colleagues - if a Republican is in favor of protecting the Dreamers but is casual about when the vote takes place or claims that this smaller measure should be part of a massive immigration reform bill - call them out for being fake. (4) And above all, tell them we're going to keep on bothering them until they've bothered the Republicans enough that Paul Ryan sets a date for a floor vote on this legislation. To be blunt, there are far more hot heads in the House vs the Senate, so we need to see this legislation start moving through the House first, in order to believe that it will get done.
Pelosi and Schumer have preserved their leverage into mid-December but even though it would be extremely difficult to pass Dreamer legislation this week (to prevent delaying needed funds for Harvey / Irma), there's no reason why Congress can't pass this legislation before the end of September. Essentially all of the House Democrats are in favor of this legislation but not all of them have a sense of urgency. We need to make them feel the urgency. The key arguments are: (1) to remind them that as of early October, current DACA recipients will be unable to renew their authorizations to work, study and live in this country without fear of deportation. We need this legislation passed before we reach that deadline. (2) Tell them to openly and explicitly tie protecting the Dreamers now in September to the must-pass legislation in December. (3) Tell them to publicly pressure their Republican colleagues - if a Republican is in favor of protecting the Dreamers but is casual about when the vote takes place or claims that this smaller measure should be part of a massive immigration reform bill - call them out for being fake. (4) And above all, tell them we're going to keep on bothering them until they've bothered the Republicans enough that Paul Ryan sets a date for a floor vote on this legislation. To be blunt, there are far more hot heads in the House vs the Senate, so we need to see this legislation start moving through the House first, in order to believe that it will get done.
There are many important issues right now but there are a few things that are unique about DACA: the massive number of people directly impacted, the all-or-nothing stakes, the truly urgent time element, and the sinister and racist motivations behind (not all but) so many of the attacks on the Dreamers. Directly engaging our elected officials is the most effective thing we can do, but we're putting together a list of other actions that are also effective and will share this shortly.
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