Ask Members of Congress to defend constitutional rights, conduct oversight of immigration enforcement practices, and support legislation that protects immigrants from discriminatory enforcement, detention abuses, and retaliation for lawful speech or activism.
Urge Members of Congress to support legislation protecting immigrants’ constitutional rights, conduct oversight of DHS and ICE enforcement practices, oppose enforcement near sensitive locations like houses of worship and schools, and ensure immigration enforcement is never used to target political speech, activism, or religious identity.
Keep the ask clear, direct, and easy for staff to take back to the Member.
Ask the office to support bills that strengthen due process, counsel access, and protection against discriminatory immigration actions.
Ask the office to scrutinize expanded expedited removal, courthouse arrests, detention abuse, and other enforcement practices that weaken civil liberties.
Ask the office to oppose immigration enforcement actions in or near spaces where families seek worship, care, education, and safety.
Use these in meetings and in follow-up emails to congressional staff.
Limits sweeping presidential travel bans based on religion or nationality and creates stronger congressional oversight to prevent another Muslim Ban-style policy.
Guarantees that individuals detained for secondary inspection at ports of entry can consult with legal counsel.
Reforms detention and deportation policy by restoring due process protections, expanding judicial review, and limiting overly broad deportation authorities.
Reaffirms birthright citizenship under the Fourteenth Amendment and rejects efforts to undermine this constitutional guarantee.
Use these themes to keep the meeting focused and persuasive.
The fact sheet argues that recent enforcement changes have expanded detention and deportation while weakening humanitarian safeguards and limiting due process protections.
Enforcement near houses of worship discourages attendance and undermines the free exercise of religion by making religious spaces feel unsafe.
Immigration enforcement must never be used to retaliate against individuals for lawful political activism, dissent, or civic engagement.
This is a concrete example delegates can raise when discussing oversight and retaliation concerns.
The fact sheet highlights Leqaa Kordia, a Palestinian woman living in the United States since 2016, who was detained during a routine immigration check-in and remains in custody despite not being convicted of any crime. It argues that her case raises concerns about due process and the possible use of detention to chill lawful political expression. :contentReference[oaicite:1]{index=1}
Simple, disciplined language helps keep your ask strong.
These are strong closing points for the end of the meeting.
Congressional action helps ensure due process, free speech, and equal protection are not sidelined.
People should be able to attend worship services without fear of surveillance or arrest nearby.
Communities are safer when residents are not afraid to seek care, go to school, worship, or speak out.