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2019 PROPOSED BUDGET

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Wednesday, June 27, 2018
2019 BUDGET: THE COST OF TAX CUTS FOR THE WEALTHY
Submitted by Jean Sealey
Call Senator Rubio (202 224-3041 or 904 354-4300), Senator Nelson (202 224-5274 or 904 346-4500) and your House representatives and tell them to calculate the cost of the 2019 proposed budget. As it is, the budget breaks then-candidate Trump’s promise not to cut safety net programs for our most vulnerable citizens, the elderly, the disabled, children and …

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WASHINGTONPOST.COM
House GOP plan would cut Medicare, Medicaid to balance budget
Lawmakers widely agree that spending that is not subject to the appropriations process is becoming unsustainable, but President Trump has refused to cut Medicare or Social Security.
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CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Tuesday, June 26, 2018
END ZERO-TOLERANCE IMMIGRATION POLICY
Submitted by Jean Sealey
Call Senator Rubio (202 224-3041 or 904 354-4300), Senator Nelson (202 224-5274 or 904 346-4500) and your House representatives and tell them to enact legislation that would end a zero-tolerance immigration policy immediately and that complies with the rights of undocumented immigrants under the U.S. Constitution.
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PBS.ORG
What constitutional rights do undocumented immigrants have?
The administration’s “zero-tolerance” immigration policy and the recent surge in family separations at the border — a practice President Donald Trump ended through executive order — has called attention to the legal rights of immigrants under U.S. law.
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BORDER CROSSERS MUST HAVE DUE PROCESS

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Monday, June 25, 2018
BORDER CROSSERS DEPRIVED OF DUE PROCESS
Submitted by Jean Sealey
Call Senator Rubio (202 224-3041 or 904 354-4300), Senator Nelson (202 224-5274 or 904 346-4500) and your House representatives and tell them to take a stand against anti-immigration policies and practices. Ask them how denying people crossing the border due process helps make America great again
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WASHINGTONPOST.COM|BY PHILIP RUCKER
Trump advocates depriving undocumented immigrants of due-process rights
In tweets, he described the immigrants as invaders and wrote that U.S. immigration laws are “a mockery.”
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BLOCK READLER’S APPOINTMENT

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION – Friday, June 22, 2018
OPPOSE ANTI-IMMIGRANT CHAD READLER TO A LIFETIME JUDGESHIP
Published by: Joanne Pero

Even as the Department of Justice faces bipartisan outrage for its policy of separating immigrating parents from their children at the border, Donald Trump has nominated a key defender of the family separation policy for a lifetime judgeship. Chad Readler, the Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice Civil Division, has a long…

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ECONOMIST.COM
Donald Trump’s judicial appointments may prove his most enduring legacy
Everything else could in theory be reversed. His effect on the law will be profound
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DEMAND NIELSEN’S RESIGNATION

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION Wednesday, June 20, 2018
DEMAND HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY KIRSTJEN NIELSEN’S RESIGNATION
Published by Joanne Pero

The appalling separation of children from their families at the US-Mexico border stems from policy decisions made by the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). On April 6, Attorney General Jeff Sessions implemented a “zero tolerance” policy, whereby all undocumented immigrants are referred to the DOJ for i…

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NYTIMES.COM
Kirstjen Nielsen Was a Target of Trump’s Immigration Ire. Now She’s His Protector.
The homeland security secretary has become a top advocate for President Trump’s family separation policy as illegal border crossings continue to surge.
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SUPPORT THE KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER ACT, DONATE, JOIN PROTESTS….

FEDERAL DAILY ACTIONS Tuesday, June 19, 2018

SUPPORT THE KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER ACT, DONATE, JOIN NATIONAL PROTESTS, ATTEND WOMEN’S MARCH JAX PLANNING MEETING
DO NOT GIVE UP!
Submitted by: Joanne Pero

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Listen to Children Who’ve Just Been Separated From Their Parents at the Border — ProPublica
ProPublica has obtained audio from inside a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility, in which children can be heard wailing as an agent jokes, “We have an orchestra here.”

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KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION Monday, June 18, 2018

SUPPORT THE KEEP FAMILIES TOGETHER ACT
Submitted by: Joanne Pero

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NYTIMES.COM
‘I Can’t Go Without My Son,’ a Mother Pleaded as She Was Deported to Guatemala
As a growing number of families are being separated as part of the Trump administration’s attempt to control illegal immigration, some parents are being deported before recovering their children.
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PROTECT ACA AND PREEXISTING CONDITIONS COVERAGE

FEDERAL DAILY ACTION Thursday, June 14, 2018
PROTECT THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND PROTECTIONS FOR PREEXISTING CONDITIONS
Submitted by Sandy Cullen Goldman
Having failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) through legislative means, the Trump administration has ordered the Department of Justice not to defend the ACA against a frivolous lawsuit from GOP-controlled states. In February of 2018, Texas and 19 other GOP-controlled states (FLORIDA IS ONE OF THESE STATES) filed a s…

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NPR.ORG
Trump Administration Move Imperils Pre-Existing Condition Protections
The Justice Department has announced it will not defend the Affordable Care Act in an ongoing lawsuit brought by 20 states that challenge the legality of core pillars of the law.