Make the May Day Action Count! Support the PROTECT Immigration Act

Thousands of people are striking and rallying today for the dignity and protection of America’s immigrants. Add your voice! Call your Senators and House Representative and voice your support for Sen. Cory Booker’s PROTECT Immigration Act!

Not sure who your House representative is? Find out here.

This past February, in the wake of executive orders that widened the scope of ICE deportations to include nearly every undocumented person in the country (including those with no history of violent crime) Sen. Cory Booker introduced the PROTECT Immigration Act of 2017. This bill (also known as S303/HR1236) would end a program that deputizes local police to enforce federal immigration law (known as the 287g program). Why is this bill important?

• It will save local law enforcement agencies money, as the 287g program has never been fully funded by the federal government, so local agencies have had to pay their officers to enforce federal law instead of local laws and ordinances.
• Misuse of the 287g program has led to the deportation of many people with no serious criminal history.
• Misuse of the 287g program has led to racial profiling in some states, such as Arizona and  North Carolina.
• 287g agreements negatively impact relations between police and the community, leading to immigrants being unwilling to call police to report crimes.

In honor of the May Day Actions happening throughout the country, call Sen. Booker and urge him to keep up the fight for the PROTECT Immigration Act. Then, call Sen. Menendez and your House representative and urge them to support this bill!

LEARN MORE

• About the 287g program
• About the ACLU’s objections to the 287g program
• About why more than 60 organizations oppose the 287g program