Good News… CHIP is finally funded for the next 6 years!
Bad news…
The DREAMERS, Community Health Centers Fund (CHCF) and disaster relief for Puerto Rico were not included in the joy.
Even worse news… DACA’s fate is now dependent on Mitch McConnell.
Show up for DACA! #DreamActNow
The administration saturated media and email with messages that Democrats put DACA above sick kids, despite the truth that they caused this havoc themselves by prioritizing battles over our healthcare and their tax-scam, running the clock out. But, like Trump himself, the truth seems to be the last thing people hear.
This article lays out the four ways this fight can go.
So now we go into action. A) Call – Scripts below. B) Tweet at them as well, C) Visit their offices, and D) Donate what we can to United We Dream to support the Dreamers who have been demonstrating, protesting, lobbying etc. in D.C. and will continue to do so.
Update on Feinstein’s stand here. Listing of all the Democrats who didn’t stand firm here.
Minimal Script for Senators: I am calling from [zip code] to tell Sen. [___] that we are angry about the Senate Democrats’ failure to use their power to protect DACA. We want a clean DREAM vote, without any ineffectual and money-wasting sideshows like Trump’s wall or cruel anti-family measures.
Minimal script for Representatives: I’m calling from [zip code] to tell Rep. [__] to support a clean DREAM Act and reject Trump’s demands to include massive, unnecessary spending on border security to the bill, especially his fever-dream of a wall.
More script for both if you need it: It is unfair and immoral to use the lives of hundreds of thousands of young DACA recipients as bargaining chips to score political gains.
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