Call first thing Thursday!
Congress faces another January 30th deadline to pass the remaining appropriations bills to fully fund the government for fiscal year 2026; this includes the Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill.
ICE and DHS have terrorized immigrant communities, conducted unconstitutional border checkpoints, torn apart families, denied immigrants their due process rights, and subjected detained immigrants to physical, sexual, and mental abuse. The killing of Renee Good in Minnesota was the 9th ICE shooting since September 2025.
ICE also received an influx of billions in additional funding from the so-called “One Big Beautiful” bill. The bill placed no guardrails or conditional oversight on the use of this money, essentially creating a $75 billion slush fund for ICE to continue their violent attacks on communities across the country.
Call on your representatives to block any DHS appropriations bill or Continuing Resolution that maintains funding for ICE. This lawless and violent agency must be defunded and dissolved for good.
SCRIPT:
Hi, my name is [NAME] and I’m a constituent from [CITY, ZIP].
[IF CALLING HOUSE]: I’m calling to ask that [REP/SEN NAME] push to defund ICE by opposing H.R. 7147, the DHS appropriations bill, and by supporting legislation that claws back the $75 billion ICE slush fund created by H.R. 1 last year. This lawless agency is violently attacking and killing immigrants and citizens around the country and must be defunded and dissolved for good.
[IF CALLING SENATE]: I’m calling to ask that [REP/SEN NAME] push to defund ICE by opposing any DHS appropriations bill that maintains ICE funding and supporting legislation that claws back the $75 billion ICE slush fund created by H.R. 1 last year. This lawless agency is violently attacking and killing immigrants and citizens around the country and must be defunded and dissolved for good.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
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Hagerty
Blackburn
Fleischmann
Tim Burchett