Tuesday, January 9 - Stop ShotSpotter / Reject Trump-Era Immigration Policies
Action You Can Take Today
Action 1: Email and call your alder and Mayor Johnson to stop ShotSpotter
Action 2: Demand Your Democratic Senator Reject Trump-Era Immigration Policies
Action 1: Stop ShotSpotter
The ShotSpotter contract is set to expire on February 16th - just 38 days away - and we need to remind our alder people and the Mayor that the city needs to end its contract with ShotSpotter!
Join us in sending an email to and/or calling your alder and the Mayor to keep the pressure up and to remind them that surveillance is not and does not create safety.
Use this updated toolkit at bit.ly/sss-2024 with the sample scripts, alder and mayor contact info, and more. Email, call, tweet at them as often as you can to share how we don’t want ShotSpotter or any other gunshot detection technology as a replacement. And, share this call-to-action on Instagram to encourage your friends and family to join!
Action via Stop ShotSpotter
Action 2: Reject Trump-Era Immigration Policies
For months, Senators have been negotiating over what's called the "supplemental" funding package -- additional money the Biden administration requested from Congress to respond to crises around the world. Republicans are playing brazen, dangerous hardball in order to force Trump-era immigration policies in exchange for support for Ukraine, and Democrats are considering caving to their demands.
They haven’t reached a deal yet, but the policies on the table are nothing short of breath-taking: an end to asylum for everyone except the small number of folks who can afford to buy a flight into the U.S., mass deportation -- nationwide -- without a hearing, and a dramatic increase in the incarceration of asylum-seekers, including families, and a restart to Trump’s signature Title 42 policy.
These policies would be dangerous and harmful enough on their own. But we’re heading into a tough election year with Trump and Trump-acolytes threatening to take back power, we cannot hand them even more tools to inflict their cruel agenda on vulnerable people.
Call your Democratic Senator now and tell them to say no to MAGA immigration policies.
Action via Indivisible
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