Tell Your Senators: It's Asylum Seekers AND Humanitarian Aid

Right now, members of Congress are now looking to secure funding for short-term foreign aid priorities by using the rights of asylum seekers at the U.S.-Mexico border as a bargaining chip. Permanent changes to U.S. asylum and immigration policy should not happen through the budget process, and we must speak out to ensure that populations in need of support are not pitted against each other.

Send a message to your senators and ask them not to compromise on support for displaced people. They must fund refugee and humanitarian programs, while also not creating new restrictive policies for asylum seekers looking for a safe place to call home.

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Dear {contact_data~salutation},

As your constituent, I am writing to ask you to vote NO on the proposed Senate funding bill that ties humanitarian aid priorities to policies that eviscerate the U.S. asylum system.

The proposed changes would make it almost impossible for people seeking safety to access the U.S asylum system. These proposals include border expulsions tied to the number of individuals seeking entry, dramatically restricting screening standards for asylum seekers, and expediting asylum claims to such an extent that many asylum seekers will not be able to access counsel or adequately represent themselves in a life-or-death process. This is unacceptable, and the inclusion of provisions from the Afghan Adjustment Act and other priorities that I support does not make it less so. The needs of vulnerable populations should not be pitted against each other, nor should people’s rights be a bargaining chip in negotiations. This country must have fair and humane asylum policies, not ones that knowingly deny people’s rights and send them back to danger.

I encourage you to vote NO and to work to ensure that the budget process is not exploited to set new asylum and border policy in the future. This is a moment for real leadership, and I encourage you to take it.

Thank you,

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Tell Your Senators: It's Asylum Seekers AND Humanitarian Aid

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