Enough is Enough! Sign the Petition to DHS Today!
As portrayed in our latest video,
"Enough!", the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been paying for what a recent law report calls a dangerous "cowboy" operation with our tax dollars.
During DHS-funded "home immigration raids" since 2006, agents have barged into people's homes in the middle of the night, without proper legal consent.
According to the new report, these operations trample on our Constitution.
So far, DHS has refused to investigate
and correct these abuses, the same way it has on so many misguided Bush-era immigration policies. The immigrant detention industry is growing at an alarming rate -- with alarmingly little oversight or regulation. DHS continues to expand -- instead of roll back or fix -- flawed enforcement programs.
Today Americans across the country
astanding up and saying, "Enough is enough!" Please join us by signing the petition to Secretary Napolitano and forwarding it to your friends right away!Enough!
Sign the Petition
Dear Secretary Napolitano:
We are writing to express our deep disappointment and frustration with the
way that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) currently conducts immigration enforcement.
President Obama promised a new day for immigration policy in America, but we have yet to see sufficient change coming from DHS. Rather than overhaul misguided Bush-era immigration enforcement strategies, DHS continues to pursue policies that have done little, if anything, to solve the crisis of illegal immigration.
These policies continue to increase fear in our communities and undermine public
safety at a time when the nation is waiting to hear your plans for advancing real, comprehensive immigration reform.
We believe the Department should immediately:
- Implement the Benjamin N. Cardozo
School of Law recommendations: conduct a full investigation into the home raids, make these raids a last resort; obtain judicial warrants, and videotape all home raids.
- End your partnership with civil
rights abuser Sheriff Joe Arpaio, and stop the expansion of programs that have led to racial profiling and decreased public safety, such as the controversial "287 (g)" program in its current form.
- Correct the unacceptable conditions
for immigrants and asylum-seekers in your expanding immigrant detention system. Pursue alternatives to detention whenever possible. Stop deporting U.S. citizens.
- Halt the expansion of broken policies that undermine labor protections, such as the flawed E-Verify program, which both labor unions and business groups strongly oppose.
- Begin work on real, comprehensive immigration reform immediately.
In addition, we respectfully
ask that you:
The Department of Homeland Security’s continued implementation of flawed policies, which have routinely violated basic human rights, is a poor reflection on our nation's values. We respectfully request that you implement these changes and immediately begin work on real, comprehensive immigration reform.
Signed !!!!!!!!
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